Persuasion
In defence of the Netflix Persuasion
It is a satire of modern vanities, not a screw-up
Another stone in the wall
No, two-year-olds cannot be trans
Why we need a new movement
The timid world of BritLit needs to be shaken up by a mutinous new clique of writers
Pomp and circumstance
A Venetian Coronation, The Gabrieli Consort, St John’s Smith Square
Don’t mock the Med mindset
What the Spanish have lost in international relevance, they make up in appreciating life
From Worms to woke
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
Joyous adventures in the absurd
A new performance of a Janacek opera takes one to the moon and back
Steals on wheels
Women are having their cycling podium places stolen from under their noses by trans-identified men
Why the Church fails to get answers from above
The Anglican hierarchy is obsessed with management structures over the real issues of morality, theology and falling congregations
When the left loves flags
Modish causes satisfy tribal instincts
Our golden age
Today’s jockeys are the best ever
An unaccustomed wine
30 years ago English wine was changed forever, and a vinicultural revolution began