Vladimir Putin
Like Stalin, like Putin
Putin is having his Stalin moment, and may regret it
Godless and gutless
Putin is no Christian bastion, but neither is the West
Winner take all
Putin learned post-Cold War warfare from the West
The 1980s are calling
Liberal complacency has left us unprepared to face the crisis in Ukraine
All behind you, Boris!
Compared to Putin, even Tom Tugendhat prefers Johnson
Russia’s Empire in Ukraine and Eastern Europe
What historical parallels can be drawn with the current situation?
Every story tells a picture
Convenient clichés make for poor foreign policy
Don’t panic!
Armed with bankers rather than bombs, Dad’s Army is coming to the rescue
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
What makes a gentleman tick?
Of course, there are watches and there are watches, and then there are watches
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Liz Truss was right but naive
She grasped the scale of Britain’s plight but misunderstood the nature of power
Make architecture art again
Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
