Pride and shame at the Beeb
The BBC needs more balance on gender issues
Stonewall’s cop coup backfires
How an institution betrayed its own ideals
Gory stories
It is no surprise that parents are protesting Drag Queen Story Hour
The LGBTQ+ monkeypox failure
Gay men have been failed by a lobby that trades in fear rather than facts
The magical LGBTQ+ myth factory
The LGBTQ+ lobby is making up “scientific” facts to win arguments
This septic isle
Malta is not a trans utopia
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Lightweight Kate Winslet
Our most versatile of English roses must accept that one role is beyond even her
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
