Tear-jerkers
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Land of slippery slopes
Does anybody really believe assisted suicide will stop at the terminally ill?
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Toasting a maestro
Stranded passengers emerged bewildered into the night of the living dead
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)