More classical music is the way to level up our state schools
I’d be an entirely different person without the love of music nourished by my education – it is too important to be wasted on the elite
I’d be an entirely different person without the love of music nourished by my education – it is too important to be wasted on the elite
“Convenience” has proved to be a euphemism for purging all human contact from everyday transactions, eliminating warmth and kindness
It is what the tea-cake represents that gives it its most emotional force
Who would ever write a novel about the dreams and yearnings of a development of luxury apartments?
We are currently undergoing a moral fit which, combined with the online echo chamber, endangers the free exchange of ideas
Facing the coming winter with all its hardships seems a formidable task. But we have been here before
Like many repetitive tasks that also require a degree of precision, it has a meditative quality
Arachnophobes might regard the loss of spiders' webs as a good thing, but they must not have read Charlotte’s Web
Their sound is lodged so deep in our national psyche that we only really notice them when they stop
The Queen’s death has brought numerous small collisions between the momentous and the quotidian
Next to good donated clothing it is common to find garments with fast fashion labels, selling for scarcely more than they did when new
An anticipated 80% increase in energy bills this autumn will prove an effective antidote to culinary sentimentality
There's a simmering resentment felt by women at this withholding of the sartorial storage space enjoyed by men, and rightly so
The contents of someone’s bookshelf are a far better indicator of a prospective soul-mate than a GSOH or fondness for labradoodles
The contract between workers and employers has become more fragile since the pandemic
While I have to admit that I lack interest in the sport, these women are at least fighting for more than themselves