Royal Ascot
A Royal good time
Racing brings the country together in a convulsion of delirious democracy
Armchair punter
Home comforts are preferable to enduring the expense and discomfort of the racecourse
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
Let publishers publish
The protracted corporate decision-making process is stifling the books industry
