Jonny Best
Jonny Best is a musician and festival director. He tweets at @JonnyWorst
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation