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The theatre of inconvenience
The Old Vic’s abolition of women’s toilets is an outrage
Darren against Remain’s Goliath
Abused as a criminal and fined £20,000 by the regulator, a hero of Brexit has been vindicated
An adult view of monarchy
The artistic achievement of ‘The Crown’ has been undervalued
Who’d want to be a critic?
Criticism has died at London’s newspaper
Naughty but nice
Every six months or so opera surfaces from its undersea lair, like a Bond villain, to enter public consciousness — generally when it’s been naughty.
Scribbler with a gift for women
Tibor Fischer reviews ‘The Cambridge Edition of the Correspondence of Samuel Richardson’
Unusual eminent Victorian
Christopher Fildes reviews a new biography of Walter Bagehot
Remember them more honestly
We should change the way we commemorate our war dead
Supreme maestro
Watching Lord Pannick QC addressing 11 justices of the Supreme Court is like watching one of the great maestros conducting a symphony orchestra
The real tragedy of Ayers Rock
The ban on climbing Australia’s most famous landmark will do nothing to help the Aborigines it purports to protect
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised