Smugly bugged by Brexit
Lionel Shriver reviews Ian McEwan’s ‘The Cockroach’
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
