Travel Writing
The extraordinary life of Jan Morris
The end of one writer’s life as a vivid dream
Not everyone should be in therapy
Over-medicalisation hurts the healthy and the suffering alike
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
A bore film
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is not just ahistorical, it is dull
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
Beware of the K-Hype
The strange state of the States
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
For realism, against Scottish nationalism
Progress depends on rejecting the delusions of independence
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
