Pasteurisation of the pub
Pubs may have reopened, but its new landlord is the Nanny State
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
They call it Poppy love
Poppy is, simply, a dog who knows what she wants
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
