Street Votes
NIMBYs are the real revolutionaries
Think tank-driven Street Votes policy risks trampling on middle-class dreams by bringing high-density housing to peaceful neighbourhoods
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Turkey must be at the centre of Donald Trump’s policy for the Middle East
It would be pure folly to alienate such an important regional power
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details