Realism and realities
What theory of geopolitics does the Integrated Review serve?
Drill music’s token freedoms
Defences of free expression have become hopelessly unprincipled
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Wagner: the long and short of it
Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
