Platinum Jubilee

Bach in town

We need more classical music in public spaces

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The power of the pageant

Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience

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Another Elizabeth, a second Anne

In our secular age the Queen has been Anglicanism’s most compelling representative

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Why are republicans such “sour-faced Puritans”?

Opponents of the monarchy are also suspected of hating Christmas, puppies and the sound of children’s laughter

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Celebrating the cycle of life

The universal realities of life, love and death are at the core of the strength of the monarchy

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A real nice clambake

The American classic is fine street-party fare

Eating In
The last jubilee?

Many of us will never live to see a jubilee again — what will sustain the Windsors without spectacle?

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