The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
The new Stalinism?
Far left tactics are shifting in a more centralised, disruptive direction
The Snowman and the sacrifices of Christmas
Nothing else has been quite as effective for introducing children to grief
Jordan Peterson and the condescension of Times columnists
20,000 people paying to watch a philosophy lecture is cause for celebration not scorn
Satan’s sedition
Liberty, license and Milton’s multifaceted allegory for Oliver Cromwell
Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Taking the liberal mask off prohibition
The case for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is morally and economically unsound
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
