The Rolling Stones
The Beatles: occasionally fab four
Their output was more mixed than many critics would like to believe
Long players
As long as the fans are alive, it seems that a band can keep going
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
He’ll never let the old flag fall
Lee Anderson will never stand for insult, especially the insult of never being invited round for dinner
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
