Seiji Ozawa
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
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
