The Edithorial

Protest against the Dhaka Themis So the angry conservative Sunnis of Bangladesh have won their months-long battle to get the statue o...

Some of Lucie Jones' Personalities ‘This madness we’re running through…/It’s madness, it’s madness’ sang the three fragmented avat...

When Small I thought Tory was short for Conservatory Times are tough for the British Left.   For four long years, since UKIP broke in...

Tony Harrison, who likes alliteration even if you don't, is 80 today.  He is far and away Britain’s most important living poet.  I...

Baby Helen Says Hello I have been amused by the painfully Little-Englander-middle-class spat between Anglicans, Cadbury and the Nation...

Lucian's ship ascends to the Moon I spent most of the last 8 days at Broadcasting House. First, live recording 2 episodes of Natal...

One of the best things about my job is involvement  in exciting productions of classics-related plays. Right now I’m getting down and dirt...