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Roll over, Beethoven
Ian Pace on musicology’s culture wars
A great reformer?
Sajid Javid has big plans for the NHS – if Covid lets him
COP out
For China, the climate is a useful bargaining chip
Diary
The rhythm of the big party conference leader interviews is a strange one. First come days of slow, repetitive, detailed…
Gather your winter fuel
Get ready for factory closures and cold homes
The full spectrum
Honor Clerk explores the history of the world through colour, from the Stone Age to orbiting the Moon
Comic genius
A global pandemic is no match for the Marvel multiverse, says Rosie Millard
Hot mess
These days, James Bond can no longer just be the main character in the Bond films. He’s also had to…
Deputy Dom
Dominic Raab on prisons, patriotism and standing in for Boris
Writer’s notebook
Whenever I give talks to children about my books they always ask who inspired me to be a writer. I…
Smudged with human stories
Nothing captures medieval life more vividly than a manuscript that has passed through many hands, says Jonathan Sumption
Diary
I am just back from my final salmon fishing trip of the year. I have never had a worse season…
Going for a song
A new musical history is being written for Britain, says Nicola Christie
Dangerous waters
The case against Aukus
The stalemate election
Germany needs to progress beyond Merkel – but will it?
The warrior myth
Japan won’t save us from China
Backbencher’s notebook
Politicians are supposed to have a survival instinct. Mine didn’t kick in last week, so I had no idea that…
Weapons of mass indoctrination
Peter Pomeranzev describes the refinement of thought-control techniques over the past century – and the worldwide competition to employ them
All bar none
There’s more to the pub than just drink
Art nouveau
Are NFTs memes – or masterpieces?
The scramble for affluence
In the winter of 1992, the retired octogenarian Deng Xiaoping toured China’s southern coasts. From there he gave a spirited…
Diary
During one of the interminable lockdowns I mentioned that I didn’t care if I never went to another launch party…
So long, truckers
How a once fun job lost its charm
The truth about lies
There were two remarkable things about Emma Raducanu’s wonderful win at the US open last week. The first was the…
Darkness visible
Translating the story of Jimmy Savile to stage or screen is a creative minefield, says Jonathan Maitland, who knows from first-hand experience
