Artillery Row
Witnessing the birth of a star
Sergei Rachmaninoff: 3rd piano concerto (Decca)
We need an American approach to free expression
Kneecap might be preposterous but they should not be prosecuted
Starmer’s EU deal is disastrous
The British establishment is taking us backwards
Politicians can’t spin mass immigration away
Managerial tinkering is not enough — we need a cap
For the love of cricket
Even if you leave the game, it never leaves you
The lines that moved the world
How railway maps transformed travel, trade and time
Still living in MacIntyre’s world
The philosopher who diagnosed liberalism’s contradictions
Don’t trust Keir Starmer on immigration
His new push to control migration is a lot of lukewarm air
Keir Starmer was right to cut the winter fuel allowance
His U-turn shows pure political cowardice
Domesticating Wagner
A new production of Die Walküre is at odds with its music
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Damaged brains and troubled souls
Dana White, of all people, should not be so dismissive of the salience of mental suffering
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt