The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Bonfire of the verities
Plotting a path through the new politics
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
