Artillery Row
In defence of Political Currency
Not all podcasts by middle-aged politicians are the same
Dude, where’s my voice?
Australia’s referendum to embed identity politics in its constitution is destined to fail
Espionage and the cost of living crisis
Underpaid and overworked staffers are an easy target for Chinese cash
How the Press Association got bullied
And how the journalistic sausage gets made
Who the hell is Disraeli?
Wisdom on recovering from Conservative failure
Bad-boy opera
Tosca, Grand Opera House, Belfast
A chronicle of gratitude and ambivalence
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: 12th symphony/Dawn (Chandos)
Heaven is where the chefs are British
In praise, and not just defence, of British cooking
The rise and rise of military history
A fine new landmark in the welcome renaissance of a timeless genre
The culture war has become the culture
On the discourse and the subject
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
Big beasts versus the Bible
Darwin sidelined the Creator by documenting the slow mechanisms of evolution
Try Christianity
Reflecting on the cross, we find a truth that is often too easy to forget
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Steering clear of titfer tat
We now are seeing the first flowering of a head-dress renaissance
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
Daddy, what did you do during the Iraq war?
Don’t ask questions you do want the answer to, at least not where George Galloway is involved
