Period Drama
In defence of the Netflix Persuasion
It is a satire of modern vanities, not a screw-up
Murders for early December
Pass the time by these passages into times present and past: post-war to Covid-era
10 years of Downton Abbey
What insights can period dramas give us into the past?
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the end of time (OUR)
Messiaen’s quartet, first performed in a freezing barracks in 1941, is a thing of great beauty
Sir Tony embraces the old
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
The eye of the storm
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
It should have been Kemi
The Tories may have just thrown away the next election
Not so perfidious Albion
Britain has proved a steadfast ally to Ukraine, whilst the EU has dragged its feet
Maine attraction
There is better crime fiction being written
The closing of the Episcopal mind
The Church of England’s leaders don’t reflect its political diversity
Justice for a patriot
Too many heroes like Henry Wilson have been neglected
A hidden horror
Rakib’s Britain: Domestic abuse is happening behind closed doors — and within closed cultures
June: Letters to the Editor
Ukraine provides the best argument for why countries should not lightly discard nuclear weapons
Constitutional curiosities
Where do Truss and Sunak stand?