If that makes it sound as if Alfred regarded the Russian composer as akin to a dangerous Class A drug, then it would not fall far short of the truth. “A fine pianist but an overrated composer,” he ...

This week’s guest on Media Confidential is Anthony Scaramucci, financier and former communications director at the White House. He now co-hosts The Rest is Politics US podcast. Anthony argues that the ...

I don’t want to adjudicate on that political argument here, nor do I want to write about the potential consequences for poverty, which I’ve covered before. Instead, I want to make a few, very specific ...

In the wake of Iran’s latest defeat, Trump will doubtless seek to reinforce US and Israeli engagement—and his family’s personal wheeling and dealing—with the UAE, Qatar and strongman Mohammed bin ...

Have you ever wondered where Andrew Tate came from? This week, Ellen and Alona are joined by journalist James Bloodworth to discuss his new book Lost Boys: A personal journey through the manosphere.

The enormous gamble that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken with his citizens’ lives seemed to have paid off when the United States this weekend joined Israel’s military operation ...

Finaldi, 59, knows his place of work well: at the helm since 2015, he was the curator responsible for its Spanish collection between 1992 and 2002, before he swapped London for Madrid to become deputy ...

In considering this, it is important to recognise that social injustice arises from shared experience of deprivation, poor housing and indifferent schooling. In other words, one’s own neighbourhood ...

Ryan Gilbey, long one of the UK’s most astute and exuberant critics, is not so sure. “Subtext is now text – and greater visibility can feel like a diminished presence,” he writes in his newly ...

26th June I’ve been reflecting a great deal on why the majority for the assisted dying bill was cut so severely. I rather despair of the MPs who changed their minds. They are clearly influenced by ...

In this week’s Q&A, Alan and Lionel are asked where they go for analysis of the situation in the Middle East, including the Israel-Iran war. They also discuss diversity in journalism and how cuts have ...