Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
