A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
The secrets of familial suffering
Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act
Make architecture art again
Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future
The awkward truth about sex and free speech
More women should realise that “inclusivity” should not come before freedom
Don’t forget Armenia
Armenians, once the target of genocide, are under threat again
The never-ending question
Jonathan Gullis may still be in the middle of his parliamentary question
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Religious freedom is back on the agenda
The International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill, currently before parliament, is an important step for securing Britain’s role in promoting religious liberty
The dark threat of nitazenes
New opioids could pose a dramatic risk to British streets
Scullionbait 2: This Time It’s Intersectional
Academics are attacked and AI goes intersectional
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote
to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Equal opportunities fleecing
This blinkered trade’s endless thwarting of talented homosexuals has gone on too long
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?