Dear Rishi, what about the arts?
The Tories appear to have no plan for the Arts Council
Paradise dimmed
John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the greatest poem in the English language, yet it seems to be fading slowly from public view. Who could write a new national epic?
A civilised discussion
If we are to defend civilisation, we had better pin down what we are talking about
Thanks, but no thanks
Thanks giving in Highgate
The Conservatives’ Windsor knot
Rishi Sunak must rethink the Windsor Framework
Diversity, equity and exclusion
Intent and context always matter in the use of language
The children of Terezín
The human will triumph over the technological in culture
Decolonisation is not a metaphor
In praise of the rough honesty of the far left
The NHS is not underfunded
Inefficiency, not underfunding, is at the root of its ills
Letters for October
Housing, festivals, intellectuals and X
Ideas, influence and international politics
The academic origins of geopolitics explained
Not polling to be proud of
A study on Black Britons and national pride is based on unreliable stats
Shock therapy, please
A frustrated Argentina has chosen radical economic reform
Rugby’s mismatches
Should the World Cup be smaller?
