Who judges the judges?
We are living in an age of Puritan orthodoxy
December/January: Letters to the Editor
There needs to be a more balanced assessment of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Blob ONE, Number Ten NONE
Our overtaken by events December leader
November: Letters to the Editor
The Charity Commission needs to consider its own reputation
Cruel to be kind
Validating everyone’s wishes leaves us prone to outbreaks of self-indulgence
October 2021: Letters to the Editor
The only people I have seen trying to eliminate biological sex are third-wave feminists
Australia first
What are we supposed to fight for in the Pacific? Is it for Australia or for the sake of US pre-eminence?
August/September 2021: Letters to the Editor
Samuel Beckett is at his best when he’s being brief
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Breaking the doom loop
If we don’t return to normal now, when can we?
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
