Series
Summer viewing
Top television recommendations for the summer from Adam LeBor
Chaos captivates
The newest season of Fauda is the most complex and thus the most satisfying so far
Ends of empires
Two compulsive, immersive and vivid end-of-empire series
Mining the past
There is a deep appetite among Britain’s television audience for dramas that tackle complicated social issues
Press Gang
Croatia’s war runs like a dark thread through the excellent series ‘The Paper’
Journeys in Genderland
The stories of people caught up in the madness of gender ideology are beyond belief
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
