Vaclav Havel
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
