Woke Left
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The sorry strategy
Reparations are a deeply dangerous strategy in the carnivorous world of geopolitics
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
