Archives
Getting school history wrong
The myth of British educational parochialism
The emptiness of the “abolish” meme
Reform doesn’t sound quite as exciting
The sad state of British film
Why do we accept comfortable irrelevance?
Edward Leigh: Fighter Ace
Never in the field of human endeavour has so much been blamed on so few
Close the MP-to-media pipeline
You probably aren’t going to be good at television
What justice for grooming gang survivors?
A new judgment represents some progress
Not going to be ignored (w/ Victoria Smith)
On the demonisation of middle-aged women
Ententes cordiales
The King causes controversy
Defending the indefensible
Trans activists have rationalised violent censorship
Combat sport catharsis
A night outside the Longhouse
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
