The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer

It’s time to appreciate Kingsley Amis — flaws and all

Tribal warfare suits the chieftain of Tory island

The feminist fix: Don’t believe the dudebros who claim to be on women’s side, but want to take away sex-based rights

The war in Ukraine has injected a healthy dose of realism into the West’s energy policy

Someone has to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune

The Online Safety Bill won’t make us the “safest country to be online” — just the most boring

Classical music is flourishing in Britain — though if you listened to our cultural elite you’d never know it

The horrors of Bucha have reminded us that humans are capable of evil on a huge scale

The conscience of the New World is here in the Old