When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Fit for a queen
Hannah Betts reassesses the late Queen as a royal style maven
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning