Saint Anthony the Great
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
