Age discrimination
When I was a precocious Young Conservative, people were most willing to tell me they disagreed with me and I thrived on it. But
Cold comfort for farmers
A full Brexit would give the UK an opportunity to re-set our relationship with the land and the seas — if the current impasse
Brotherly and sisterly love
André and Simone Weil were two sides of the same coin: impatient; determined; brilliant; attracted to ancient wisdom and ideas
All boys together in Pinterworld
A new production of Betrayal reminds us of the playwright’s insights into male relationships
A brush with painting’s history
The restoration of great works of art is increasingly being carried out in public before an admiring audience
A book you can safely pass over
The radical Jewdas Haggadah provides a rag-week version of the Passover ceremony for pubescent Marxists
Describing the indescribable
Very few of our greatest writers have managed to capture the emotional essence of music
Deep waters
David Laws demolishes a conspiracy theory about the death of Lord Kitchener and does it very classily indeed