The masses against the classicists?
Reflections on the virtues and vices of academic gatekeeping
The English origin of jury trials
Jury trial is not a procedural convenience but an inherited right
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation