The Nineties: smells like Gen X nostalgia
Chuck Klosterman’s book sheds rose-tinted light on the decade
2020: It’s no place for the old
The debate over Fairytale of New York is proof that 2020 is the year in which woke doctrine went into overdrive
England’s soft underbelly
Patrick West reviews The Channel, by Charlie Connelly
There’s no need to shout
Patrick West reviews You’re Not Listening by Kate Murphy
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Sunak stumbles
The Prime Minister spent half of the afternoon trying to extract his foot from his mouth
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
