Yoga
Unflinching view of a fall from grace
If Carrère can be so honest, there is hope for lesser sinners
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act