The many women of George Orwell
Orwell’s biographer reveals all in this week’s Podcast
Don’t tell us the truth!
Richard Waghorne says the Blitz spirit means suppressing information about Corona
David Starkey on the role of Parliament
Is Parliament a check on the executive or its enabler?
Why are men dressing so badly?
Joseph Connolly gives men a dressing down in our latest podcast
What John Whittingdale really thinks of the BBC
The new culture minister airs his views on auntie
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
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We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Latin love, Hispanic hate
Spain and Argentina’s complex relationship is being strained by the World Cup
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked