Diederik Boomsma
Diederik Boomsma is leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal party on Amsterdam council
Weighing up the real value of art
Why galleries are now cogs in a not-so-creative industry
Where are the real statesmen?
Neither populists nor managerialists can rule
The Conservatives must return to the centre
Populist demagoguery has ruined the party
What law? What order?
Shit, piss and the ever-present threat of violence, as the meek and law-abiding hold back
The National Trust should act its age
Our main heritage conservation charity wants to be down with the kids
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
The love that can’t be erased
A recent court case exposed the surrogacy industry’s big lie
The paranoid style in British centrism
Disinformation journalists? The call is coming from inside the house