Artillery Row
Why do the “alternative right” prefer Putin to Zelensky?
Those who support nationalism make curious bedfellows with an imperial Russia
Against global Britain
Let’s defend our own backyard first
Others fade to sepia
Walton, Britten, Tippett: Works for piano and orchestra (BIS)
Leeds University is abandoning intellectual independence
Leeds has elevated a contested body of thought to an institutional doctrine
Why are Christians hung up about Sarah Mullally?
An explanation for those outside the church
The great rebalancing
Why economic growth needs a strong domestic realm
Is Israel rejecting Britain’s liberal Jews?
Embracing Tommy Robinson seems to have been calculated to disturb mainstream Jewish institutions
The many sides of Salome
Critical Mash returns!
The rise and fall of Tim Westwood
The veteran DJ built a career of “keeping it real” on pretence
Stamp duty is a tax that deserves the axe
Kemi Badenoch is right to pledge to abolish it
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Dangerous liasons
Does Keir Starmer have a plan for dealing with Donald Trump?
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
Vapid slogans for the hard of thinking
Every modern university, it seems, needs a “mission statement”
How EDI corrupts public life
It compels people to accept falsehoods in the name of equality