Singe Treaty
Is a deal any closer?
There is movement on everything, except the fundamentals
A Phoenix rises
Professor Jo Phoenix’s legal triumph is also a triumph for free speech
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Soft power has little substance
The foreign policy concept has been used as an excuse for declinist myth-making
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
Justin’s dilemma
Spears got slutshamed; Timberlake was the stud
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
