Books
Henry VI: The well-meaning ruler whose world fell to pieces
Henry VI was the wrong king at the wrong time for England, says James Baresel
How English choirs recovered from the Reformation – eventually
The idea of an unbroken choral tradition dating back to the Middle Ages is not quite true, says Michael White
Casting off ‘rules and rigidity’ won’t save the Irish Church
Michael Duggan on an unconvincing prescription for reviving Irish Catholicism
The horror and the beauty of ancient Greece
This is the best ever English translation of The Odyssey, argues Harry Mount
Has your toaster got cyber-security? It may soon need it
A new study by a security expert
Nietzsche: the world’s most misunderstood philosopher?
Nietzsche was mild, timid and would have loathed Nazism, says Allan Massie
The suffering poet who sighed for lost Edens
Charting the toxic and tragic marriage of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
How London greeted Handel’s astonishing gifts
Not even a stroke could halt the composer’s incredible creativity,
