The poet and the patrician
Stephen Parkinson reviews The Fire is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F Buckley Jr, and the debate over race in America, by Nicholas Buccola
Inside Number 10
Jack Brown showcases hidden heroes, the history of the building and the famous figures who have passed through
A flawed first draft of history
Theresa May’s former political secretary on the biography that doesn’t get her right
Prokofiev 6th/Miaskovsky 27th symphonies (LAWO Classics)
‘There is beauty and darkness and fear, to be sure, but I hear no agenda beyond a search for musical expression’
Getting the barnacles off
Simon Hoare and David Hoey debate the merits of the Northern Ireland Protocol
Privilege
Privilege comes from the Latin privilegium, a bill or law giving advantage to a private individual
Free speechers are missing the point
The newly announced Higher Education Bill won’t be the great champion of free speech that people think it will be
Sex is real – and it matters
On the first day of Maya Forstater’s appeal, Sarah Phillimore says it is wrong that women continue to risk being sacked for their opinions
Stonewall’s Ratner moment
Stonewall has become that dangerous thing: an organisation with power and resources floundering for survival
Sequel opportunities
What does Amazon’s purchase of MGM mean for cinema?
The calamitous course of history
Reading Doom might not save us, but it leaves us with a better appreciation of the complex politics of catastrophe
What does “religious literacy” mean for free speech?
The APPG on Religion in the Media’s report into “religious literacy” in the media is deeply flawed in its understanding of Islam in particular
Is incitement to religious hatred the new blasphemy?
In a new lecture for Gresham College, Ivan Hare QC discusses the law’s attempts to deal with hatred and vilification throughout history