Sicily
Wines for romantics
Henry Jeffreys enjoys the heady pleasure of fine marsala
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another