Pope Pius XII
The pontiff who looked the other way
David Kertzer unearths dramatic evidence from recently-released Vatican files
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Sunak stumbles
The Prime Minister spent half of the afternoon trying to extract his foot from his mouth
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air