The “shameless disrespect” of Judith Butler
The celebrated academic is too ideological to understand and accept different opinions
The renegade progressives
Has the University and College Union discovered freedom of speech?
Cancel culture in academia
Umut Özkırımlı in conversation with Laura Favaro
Luxury politics and the narcissistic left
Commodification with a woke twist
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
