The Motive and the Cue
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
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
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
