A madman’s guide to Wagner
You don’t have to be crazy to enjoy Wagner, but it helps
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Single-minded
Enjoy some new malt whiskies coming to market
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
