Bred to be killed
The Captive-bred lion industry has been under fire for some time and Unfair Game will only add weight to calls for its cessation
The true value of trophy hunting
When big game doesn’t pay, it is replaced by cow and plough
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Green in name only
The Green Party doesn’t understand the realities of rural life
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
