Ptolemy Dean
Ptolemy Dean is the 19th Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey
Manifesto for traditional elegance
Classicism’s enduring relevance and timeless appeal
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Lords of the wrestling ring
Professional wrestling podcasts have become almost as popular as wrestling itself
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party