A path open to us all
Daniel Johnson reviews Wagner’s Parsifal, by Roger Scruton
A brave voice against the barbarians
David Pryce-Jones recalls a life of literary friendships and the defence of Western civilisation
The twin prophets of pessimism
The novelist and the philosopher linked by a common fascination with despair
A very English intellectual
For all his European frame of reference George Steiner stayed in Cambridge for a very good reason
A brilliant life of ideas, insight and politics
Gertrude Himmelfarb: an intellectual giant who believed history could save us
Poet who wrote for all of us
Daniel Johnson says that Clive James’s enduring legacy is his verse
The intellectual who underrated the voters
Philosopher turned pragmatist, my great friend Oliver Letwin has been an enigma for much of his political career
Winners of the Wall Game
A confident new Germany has consigned division to history
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Are Labour the real racists?
Conservatives should stop trying to play the victim on identitarian grounds
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
