Benedict Spence
Benedict Spence is a freelance commentator who has written for The Telegraph, The Independent, The Spectator, City AM and elsewhere. He tweets at @BenedictSpence
The problem with football pundits
Why are we so often stuck with inarticulate ex-pros?
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
Organic snake oil salesmen
The Greens have an easy answer for any question (well, almost any question)
Why the election was good for Unionism
A diversity of voices will help rather than hinder the cause
Women have bad odds with Dodds
This appointment is an insult from Keir Starmer
The Venice Art Biennale
The overall tone is rather bloodless, smug and muted where one might hope for exhilaration
Hurray for the Murrays
It is easy to forget how mediocre British tennis was before the Murrays
Are you there God? It’s me, Farage
Nigel Farage bares his soul, but not before he buries his enemies
The EU is overregulating AI
Caution and control are being overemphasised above economic and technological opportunity
Postmodern fantasy
Modern fantasy authors often try and subvert traditional religion, with bleak and unoriginal results
What does surrogacy say about us?
We are putting the interests of adults above those of children