Platinum Jubilee
Bach in town
We need more classical music in public spaces
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
Another Elizabeth, a second Anne
In our secular age the Queen has been Anglicanism’s most compelling representative
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
Celebrating the cycle of life
The universal realities of life, love and death are at the core of the strength of the monarchy
A real nice clambake
The American classic is fine street-party fare
The last jubilee?
Many of us will never live to see a jubilee again — what will sustain the Windsors without spectacle?
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
