World War II
Bleeding the Russian bear white
Britain, the US and the War in Ukraine
Allan Pettersson: Barefoot songs (BIS)
Sweden scorned the composer who could have been its greatest
Putin’s big parade
Campaign Diary: Expect extra chest-thumping on “Soviet Victory Day”
Eric Ravilious: a talent too long ignored
Ravilious’s ethereal, understated paintings are quietly dazzling
Behind bars, among stars
Escaped from Nazi Germany, a teenage boy found himself a prisoner in Britain
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
The grand tour
Sex and the cities
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
