Letter to an open-minded NIMBY
Can we find some common ground?
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Sorry, not sorry
Sincere apologies require a shared set of values
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Revolution in the Academy
The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia
