Upton Cressett
The indefatigable Bill Cash
Sir Bill Cash has achieved his political life’s ambition of restoring British sovereignty – did he ever think it would happen and is it ‘case closed’?
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Why Europeans don’t get Elon
Twitter has brought us into direct, unfiltered contact with an America we don’t really know or understand
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
The soaraway success of scoops and smut
Tabloid sensibility wasn’t just about visual presentation, it was also about the way stories were written
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Lock her up
And, simultaneously, let him go
