Phil Spector
Producer, Genius, Madman, Murderer – what will Phil Spector’s true legacy be?
For all his apparently endless faults, we have just witnessed the passing of one of music’s true geniuses
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
