Is the situation in Ukraine comparable to the siege of Leningrad?
There are more similarities than differences
The scourge of EDI
It is patronising, divisive and anti-meritocratic
Messing with the master’s work
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto; Brett Dean: A Winter’s Journey (Orchid)
Killing with kindness
Cull of the Wild: Killing in the Name of Conservation. By Hugh Warwick
A very innocent man
Donald Trump is innocent squared. He never does, or is, anything by halves
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future
Anger and intuition
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String quartets 6, 13, 15 (Chandos)
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
