Old school reformer
Eric understood that the system had to stop being a relic of the past
Is Foucault responsible for identity politics?
The pseudo-Foucault distorts Foucauldian doctrine not in pursuit of truth, but as a strategy of power
Are the Bee Gees Britain’s most underrated band?
The Bee Gees have always been a target for mockery, but by force of talent and ambition, they managed to define the age around them
A pair of Czech masterpieces
Two new Czech masterpieces
Where is Parliament?
If MPs cannot curb rule by decree, then they have little constitutional relevance
Roger Scruton was no atheist – argues his literary executor
On the first anniversary of his death, Scruton’s literary executor says that it is a ‘travesty of the truth’ to think that Scruton joined the ranks of those evangelical atheists
High priestess of a new morality
At times Portrait of a Muse feels like a Julian Fellowes soap opera where we see this woman of extraordinary vivacity making great men go weak at the knees
Are we trapped in our own version of The Truman Show?
The longer the pandemic and the platitudes go on, the more something doesn’t feel quite right
Knights to remember
This must not be read within 2 metres of another sketch, unless you are in a bubble with John Crace
The musical prophets that could see into the future
The ability to predict musical developments far in advance suggests different expressions of a single underlying logic of tonality
The meek inherit nothing
Islamism is increasingly held not to be a deviant from Islam, but an orthodox aim of the “religion of peace”