Richard Davenport-Hines
Richard Davenport-Hines is a British historian and literary biographer.
The unmaking of the Athenaeum
The venerable club is being spoiled by ideology
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
Nicola Sturgeon and the WhatsApp Group of Secrets
Stern but lovable Scot, Professor Sturgeon, would tell us the whole truth…wouldn’t she?
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
Try Christianity
Reflecting on the cross, we find a truth that is often too easy to forget
The Church of England has failed on gender
To pursue kindness at the expense of truth is self-defeating
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)