Passing the Tebbit test
Dominic Lawson reviews 10,000 Not Out: The History of The Spectator, 1828-2020 by David Butterfield
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
