Singe Treaty
Is a deal any closer?
There is movement on everything, except the fundamentals
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Season’s bleatings
Christmas is almost here, but our MPs are not in the festive spirit
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
