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Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
The cost of equal outcomes
By treating disparities in mental health detention as evidence of racism, the NHS is sacrificing safety
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
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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
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Among the true believers
Belgium’s cycling culture is unique, and increasingly under threat
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam