Sir Ridley Scott
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Why Europeans don’t get Elon
Twitter has brought us into direct, unfiltered contact with an America we don’t really know or understand