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C.S. Lewis, “Transposition”, and the philosophy of mind
C. S. Lewis has been revered as a writer but overlooked as a philosopher
Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master (Resonus)
The BBC thought Malcolm Arnold’s opera was not serious enough and a bit bawdy
Sex tips from Semele
Opera was the tinder of Renaissance Venice, says Robert Thicknesse
Recipes for conformity
Reject the joyless nursery arithmetic of cookbooks, says Felipe Fernández- Armesto
Letter from Washington: Nancy Pelosi and the coming vaccine wars
What explains the House speaker’s attack on British regulation?
Flirting with the abyss
A benign trip to hospital offered a stark reminder that consciousness hangs by a deathly thread
Marxist Magic Realism
How Soviet society, gripped by political correctness, descended into madness
Town vs clown
Claudia Savage-Gore baulks at the idea of decamping to the shires
Hail to the Chief
The expansion of executive power in America
Confessions of a bar owner
The Government’s 10pm curfew runs the risk of decimating small, family-run establishments
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Form your battalions!
France, for all its flaws, still converts military spending into power — Britain does not
A win for academic freedom
The university free speech complaints scheme is (finally) going ahead
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands