Ronnie Wood
Afternoon delights
Alexander Larman reports from a half-liberated, half-imprisoned world
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
Saving London from the czar
London’s nightlife could be great — but it needs real change
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
