Fire and fizz
Are you supposed to laugh at the end of Don Giovanni? Audiences often do, and they did at the end…
False notes
Chevalier is a biopic of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, whom you’ve probably never heard of, as I hadn’t. He…
All the rage
Welcome back to Room 101, which has returned to the radio – after nearly 30 years on TV – and…
One hundred years of humiliation
By the 1800s, the mechanical clock had become a status symbol for wealthy Chinese. The first arrived with Jesuit missionaries…
Cloth of heaven
Jonathan Ruffer calls for the return to Britain of the Tudor tapestry that proclaims the birth of the Church of England
Secrets of the couch
When a sex therapist arranges for his clients’ sessions to be secretly recorded, there are life-changing consequences for two women involved
Busy bodies
In the mid-20th century, titles such as Whip Angels, White Thighs, School for Sin and The Wisdom of the Lash joined Lolita and The Naked Lunch on Olympia Press’s list
Horsing around
Tiffany Francis-Baker explores the many ways in which our countryside has been shaped by the horse over the centuries
Journeys out of hell
In a profoundly moving family memoir, Daniel Finkelstein describes the miracle by which his mother, as a child, was rescued from the hell of Belsen
The twists keep coming
Murray’s immersive, beautifully written mega-tome about a family in a small town in Ireland is as funny as it is deeply disturbing
The holy fool
The beleaguered monarch cuts a sad figure at the opening of David Carpenter’s second volume of biography – in contrast to his brilliant arch-enemy Simon de Montfort
A hard act to follow
Having retired from parliament in 2010, Mullin has less insider knowledge than before, but the political one-liners in his latest diaries are still highly entertaining
Between woods and water
Patrick Barkham pays tribute to the much-missed nature writer, whose core response to the call of the wild animated everything he did
Purpose built
Hugh Pearman examines a wide range of building types apart from houses, including museums, theatres, schools, shopping malls, palaces and places of worship
Three’s a crowd
Calling themselves the Bee Gees spelt trouble from the start for the very disparate Gibb brothers, says Craig Brown
The truth about Boris Johnson’s ‘betrayal’ myth
These are testing times indeed for longstanding members of the ‘Boris Johnson is nothing like Donald Trump’ fraternity. Once again, the…
Is it really over for Boris Johnson?
It’s Boris day in Westminster. First, the publication of his resignations honours list and now a resignation from the man…
Why I quit parliament
I have received a letter from the Privileges Committee making it clear – much to my amazement – that they…
Boris Johnson quits parliament
Boris Johnson has announced he will be standing down from parliament with immediate effect, after the Privileges Committee recommended a…
Vote Liberal? Vote ‘no’ for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Earlier this week, the Guardian published an article by former Liberal ACT Chief Minister Kate Carnell: Vote Liberal? You should vote ‘yes’…
Boris Johnson’s honours list is a loyalty test
Finally the day has come. After countless reports over the contents of Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, the names are…
Slowing down environmental craziness
Pressure to replace controllable and low-cost coal and gas with an intermittent and high-cost wind and solar alternative continues, but…
Full list: Boris Johnson’s resignation honours
Nine months after Boris Johnson left Downing Street, his list of resignation honours has today finally been finally published. Here…
The betrayal of Annecy
The Green mayor of Annecy, François Astorg, declared a fortnight ago that his town in the south-east of France was ‘a…
The Trump indictment will be destabilizing, no matter what
As a general matter, people who are indicted and punished for absconding with classified material tend to have done one…
