Peggy McIntosh
Privilege
Privilege comes from the Latin privilegium, a bill or law giving advantage to a private individual
No need to plead guilty
The fashionable doctrine of ‘white privilege’ is fatally undermined by the facts
What kind of government rules by fear?
The spirit of Lockdown has paralysed the country, and the government itself
Murders for April
From the golden age of crime fiction to the modern day, Jeremy Black recommends seven books to see you through April
Alexei Stanchinsky: Piano works (Ondine)
Stanchinsky occupies a tonal territory midway between Rachmaninov and Scriabin; an amalgam of suppurating misery and crackpot visionary
Passport to Pimlico?
In his most demanding role yet, Boris is wrestling with “complicated ethical and practical issues”
Virginia, Vita and the resurrection of the taboo of lesbian love
How choosing a trans-woman to read Virginia Woolf’s most intimate words is at odds with the crux of this Charleston Trust event
Letter from Washington: Lucky Joe
The surprising continuity of America’s Covid response undermines Biden’s central boast
Culture club
A cherished hub of post-colonial Indian life in London is under threat of closure
Should sitcoms be resurrected?
If there is to be a Frasier revival, producers should learn from the mistakes of past spin-off shows
Take a leaf out of sport’s book
Music has lost its unpredictability, its thrilling fear while sport’s passion shines, says Norman Lebrecht
No coffee, please, but Ethiopia can burn
Ethiopia, the home of coffee, falls apart under the world’s muddled gaze while Portugal implements arbitrary Covid-19 restrictions on caffeine consumption