The New York Times
The decline of the quality press
Frequent hyperbole means the media would struggle to describe a genuine disaster
Why Brits should care about what’s happening at the New York Times
The increasingly partisan ways of the New York Times is setting an agenda that UK media outlets like the BBC appear unable to resist
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
The idea of the countryside Pt. 2
English rural life in theory and practice Pt. 2
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
