Who runs Cambridge?
How truth-seeking dons are organised and fighting back against social justice academics
Populist smears of an unpopular elite
The conservative debate over nationhood is one of the most consequential in years
Roger Scruton’s Faith
The admirer of Christ who never quite became a follower
Eternal resurrection
James Orr reviews Tom Holland’s Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
In search of the right stuff
Why are there so few conservatively-minded novelists?
Turbulent priests
How should the clergy best engage in politics and public disputes?
The King’s Alchemist (Willowhayne Records)
This collection of British music is what they should be playing over the speakers at Heathrow Airport
Did WhatsApp just cost America Afghanistan?
Rather than fight, the Taliban appear to have phoned everyone in the country
The Piedmontese job
Enjoying the silky and lean Italian Fassona beef in Turin and Kensington
Publish — or be damned
There’s no wonder that books are becoming more conformist when freedom of expression is being curtailed
The perils of artivism
No space for art: how the ICA has been using public generosity to promote political activism
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The Day of the Jackal: fifty years on
Alexander Larman remembers one of the most exciting, page-turning novels ever written
The Tory machine is falling down
Faulty data analysis isn’t why the last campaign failed