How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
The revised Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy is not fit for purpose
Any work for bringing it into force should be stopped
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Grizelda Buncome
Peripatetic creative writing tutor
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
