Royal Albert Hall
Our “Nation’s Village Hall” turns 150
Anna Price tracks the emergence and endurance of Albertopolis, and how the Royal Albert Hall ties it all together
Last Night of the Proms – a storm in a teacup?
BBC Proms row has developed into an unexpectedly successful publicity stunt
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
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
A Phoenix rises
Professor Jo Phoenix’s legal triumph is also a triumph for free speech
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
The long and winding road
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away
