Vinous Valhalla
David Womersley reveres Roger Scruton on wine
A keen nose and sharp prose
David Womersley reviews Waugh on Wine by Auberon Waugh
Why non-racist whites are racist
Titania McGrath’s take on a thrilling year for racial equality
The hidden trauma of identity politics
How did identity come to be political and cultural ground zero?
Long-running panel show axed
Downing Street briefings have broadcast the government’s PR failings
What do Sinn Fein have to do to get a break?
The national media has turned a blind eye to Ulster republican delinquency
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Concerto (CPO)
If Norman Lebrecht goes a month without hearing Weinberg he feels the loss
Passing the Tebbit test
Dominic Lawson reviews 10,000 Not Out: The History of The Spectator, 1828-2020 by David Butterfield
What is a conservative?
Brexit proved there is a huge audience for a culturally conservative party, but who will fill it?
Shingles and delirium in San Sebastián
Despite Covid-19 rates spiking, it was a dormant virus that caught the author out as he tried to venture through Spain
On message
DfID is internally permitting one-sided activism to the extent of appearing to adopt it
Letter from Washington: To burn or not to burn?
What a Never-Trump divide says about the future of the Republican Party