Artillery Row
Don’t trust the BBC on America
The Beeb has been entranced by the siren song of US-style polarisation
A lot to Bragg about
Melvyn Bragg’s “In Our Time” has been a rare civilised outpost at the BBC
Shipbuilding and Space are a British success story
How to buck the national trend of failure
Free for me but not for thee
It’s tricky stuff, this freedom of expression
Viral outrages
Why has a random act of murder captured the attention of the internet?
Watch out James!
It’s looking up for The Spectator’s TV Critic
In praise of cars
Britain should hit the brakes on the anti-car agenda and embrace driving
The meaning and meaninglessness of military parades
A show of force might be a disturbing display of intent but it says nothing about military readiness
Labour’s housing ice age
The goverment is leaving potential homeowners out in the cold
Why Malcolm Gladwell’s trans retraction won’t ever be enough
If you don’t speak when it counts then it will always be too late
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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
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
What Louis Theroux ignores
Pea-brained influencers make for an easier target than Islamic misogyny
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)