Caution is killing compassion
If we go looking for problematic speech, we’ll probably find it
Notes from a client kingdom
Britain is a sad sunless satrapy of the American empire
Apocalypse soon?
Civilisations always rise and fall — ours is no exception
Spaces of our own
What the backlash against women-only spaces reveals about rape, trauma and prejudice
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
Why hasn’t the Cabinet lost faith in Boris?
It is the history of Cabinet resignations, not no confidence votes, that indicates whether a Tory PM survives
The wrong kind of victim
Today’s victimhood narratives don’t make space for the most vulnerable
Spring into bling
Post-pandemic life is a party
The eye of the storm
Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque, Vivaldi, The Four Seasons
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
An inspector calls
An Englishman’s illegally small room should be his castle
We need to talk about Sex Education
Relationship and Sex Education classes for children are being taken over by outside providers with their own agenda