Sir Joan Soane
Crumbling is not an instant’s act
A new exhibition revels in the intricacies and drama of architectural drawings — and the ruins of buildings they leave behind
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
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
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
