Songs
Rail tracks
Tom Chesshyre on songs and poetry inspired by trains
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
The dangerous lure of Europe
We must disincentivise economic migration to European states
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
