Whites and wrongs
Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Cultural Violence and Cultural Restitution (Pluto Press)
Criminal insanity
Nigel Biggar reviews Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, by John Lloyd
Not just democracy
Hong Kong protestors are fighting for British-style institutions
Wolverhampton wonderer
There is a lesson here for those who prefer to sharpen their knives on the whetstone of grievance
Having what it takes to secede
Only a tiny minority of independence movements have been both peaceful and successful
Are UK dons hopelessly naive on China?
Beijing’s growing influence means hard choices are going to get harder for the Government
Friedrich Gulda: Symphony in G (SWR Musik)
Gulda’s Symphony in G has 35 minutes of invention, which is more than can be said for most late-twentieth century symphonies
Moping about Muppets: Another humiliation for Disney
The Muppet Show’s widened appeal has become Disney’s Achilles’ heel as the puppet show becomes the latest victim of cancel culture
The Christian case for supporting abortion rights
Rev. Michael Coren says that the Bible simply doesn’t have anything pertinent to say about abortion, and the current extremism alienates people from the church
The Royal Shakespeare Company at 60: a very happy birthday?
Muted celebrations, concerns of relevance and controversial origins — Alexander Larman delves into the RSC at 60
The Aztec revival in California’s public schools
In an attempt to ‘decolonise the curriculum’, California may vote to promote the celebration of pre-Christian deities who often performed human sacrifice
From Pontypool to Pauillac
Christopher Pincher takes us through the Labour Party’s beverages of choice
A QC’s truth
Jolyon Maugham and Professor Lavery are misrepresenting the Bell v Tavistock case