Perfume
The sweet smell of success
The fragrance that introduces its wearer tastefully and without ostentation
Scenting success
The wondrous whiff of sex, spice and civet
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
The grand tour
Sex and the cities
Leave Gen Z alone
The supposed laziness of young people has itself become a lazy trope
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
