Vladimir Bukovsky
Tristram and the tyrants
Laurence Sterne’s 250-year-old masterpiece is a radical, riotous celebration of liberty loathed by both Nazis and communists
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
The multi-matrixed revolutions
Predictions of a new Cold War understate the complexity of the future
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Blue de grâce?
The next election could spell doom for the Conservative Party
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?