Queen Elizabeth
Franz Schubert: String quintet/Quartettsatz (Chandos)
Intimations of life’s fragility
The shows should go on
Would the Queen want us to cancel events?
Long to have reigned over us
For 70 years Queen Elizabeth II brought dignity and grace to public life
Another Elizabeth, a second Anne
In our secular age the Queen has been Anglicanism’s most compelling representative
An adult view of monarchy
The artistic achievement of ‘The Crown’ has been undervalued
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Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic