Statecraft
Rough statecraft
Biden’s Machiavellian moment
I spread disinformation, and I’m very sorry
In which our brave author is found guilty of trying to be funny online
The sound of love
Robert Schumann expresses the intense passion and despair of true love better than any other composer
Beauties and the beasts
Our urge to anthropomorphise animals obscures the fact that we are all part of the same complex ecosystem
Keir the Coaster
The Labour Party’s craven leadership will leave the electorate guessing when voting starts
St George didn’t die for this
English nationalism is a paper dragon
Boris is LINO
The Prime Minister is now Leader In Name Only
The power of flags
Even in a material age, symbols matter
How to become a cult writer
What does it take for an author to become idolised way beyond their literary merit?
L’Architecture of Lanarkshire
Urban planning should depend on local residents more than abstract debates
Murders for June
Classic settings conceal psychological rawness and sinuously convoluted mysteries
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the end of time (OUR)
Messiaen’s quartet, first performed in a freezing barracks in 1941, is a thing of great beauty