Archives
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
The wrongs of Proudman
Criticism does not amount to discrimination or abuse
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Reject the culture of death
Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Lords of the wrestling ring
Professional wrestling podcasts have become almost as popular as wrestling itself
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
The melting pot that boiled over
Beirut was once a playground for the rich and famous, but now seemingly destined for decline
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
Questioning “Kemi’s” comments
What Steerpike did not say
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
