Good By Stealth
The media presents Israel as a pariah but its recent efforts to provide aid to Syrian refugees belies its consistently negative image
A Real Arab Spring
Israel’s thriving and very much integrated Arab population confounds the perpetual accusation that it is somehow an 'apartheid state'
Major and Mobility
John Major is wrong. Far from the current Conservative-led cabinet being overwhelmingly privately educated it is in fact the most representative in history
Floreant Drones
Whatever's killing off our bees, it isn't touching our society drones: London private members' clubs are hives of activity
Higher Thoughts
What’s happened to Radio 4's Thought for the Day? An erstwhile spiritual haven has made way for a platform for please-all secularist banalities
A Cold War Chill
'Angela Merkel's mobile phone is her instrument of power. What happens when this tool of democracy is subverted by our most important ally?'
Radio Play
Chess may not seem suited to radio, but in the Sixties the BBC broadcast special programmes featuring the world’s greatest ever players
Holst Beyond The Planets
It is a misfortune shared by several composers — notably British ones, who still struggle to be valued by those loath to travel beyond