Vivaldi
The eye of the storm
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
The West needs more decisive diplomacy
Diplomatic vacillation is enabling the spread of armed conflict
