Rory McIlroy
The curse of the Next Big Thing label
Picking sport’s winners and losers when they are so young is a mug’s game
Germany’s crisis of conscience
An unholy alliance of Berlin capitalists and intellectuals has disastrously misjudged the Ukraine war
The King of Italy
A fragrant modern Barolo is royalty among Italian wines
Labour’s lost cause
Despite recent successes, the party is still leaving working class voters behind
The Colston 4 and the fog of law
The politicised trial of the Bristol statue topplers shows the law surrounding protests is mired in confusion
A madman’s guide to Wagner
You don’t have to be crazy to enjoy Wagner, but it helps
The rise and fall of Eurotopianism
How Mario Draghi’s vision failed
The Roman roots of the English church
Perhaps two new church histories have a salutary message for today’s C of E
Buildings for butchers
How should we judge the grandoise building projects of murderous dictators?
Does Sadiq Khan think he’s living in America?
The mayor of London should focus on representing the city that elected him
A vivid but oddly unresolved picture
This biography of Constable is but a partial portrait
The Queen’s Jubilee Book List: why did they bother?
The choices show a lack of levity, imagination and courage