A level of grandeur
You can hardly complain about the state of classical music in this country at the moment. The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra…
Aussie life
Everyone has a Dan Andrews statue opinion. After two years of Covid lockdowns, rings of steel, #IluvDan hashtags and daily…
Language
Given the time of year we must once again be ready to pull sour faces and make rude noises when…
Spectator Competition: Potato, potahto
Competition 3371 invited you to rewrite the lyrics of ‘Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off’ to be sung not by…
Inside Starmer’s snowflakes’ charter
I almost choked on my cornflakes when I read that the Prime Minister had said he would slash red tape…
The hypnotic competitiveness of Sir Ben Ainslie
Sailing’s very own ubermensch Sir Ben Ainslie has every right to be considered the world’s most competitive bloke. Those who…
The joy of weight loss
It was a few months ago. I was coming back from my morning walk with Greta in Battersea Park, so…
‘Not all suffering can be relieved’: A debate on assisted dying
As Kim Leadbeater’s private member’s bill comes before the Commons, the former justice secretary Lord Falconer (who introduced a similar…
Should we prioritise the LGBTQI community when disaster strikes?
Are homosexuals and transgendered people more at risk from natural disasters than the rest of the population? I dare say…
Inside the race for the Chancellor of Oxford
What do we mean these days when we talk about the British ‘establishment’? When Henry Fairlie coined the term in…
Does anyone know what Keir Starmer is thinking?
Even at the best of times, Keir Starmer has remained tantalisingly out of reach for those who crave simple definitions.…
