Vince McMahon
Live not by kayfabe
The dark side of professional wrestling is the dark side of institutional life
The joy of old English
Interest in language was once the domain of antiquarians and clergymen
Mahler’s pioneers
Walter Goehr and Willem Mengelberg revive Mahler’s genius
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
The nihilism of newcomers
They are stripped of any of the authentic social systems that sustain us
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
