Artillery Row
The making of Anglican Ulster
A new book makes a worthy start in exploring a strangely neglected subject
The sweet sounds of catastrophe
Shostakovich/Britten: Cello works (Decca)
How the anti-woke won
The left should have listened to its own dissidents
Kids should eat breakfast at home
Breakfast clubs are bad for both families and the economy
An India-Pakistan conflict has huge implications for Britain
Conflict could spill out onto British streets
The great £100 million CofE giveaway
The Church of England is throwing good money after bad ideology
Keeping schtum
Many politicians aren’t saying anything about the Supreme Court ruling
The public health playbook
Talk of a “tobacco playbook” is pure projection
The rise and rise of “The UK”
How England and Britain fell victim to Yookayification
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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
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
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
The ephemeral Farage
Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Boriswave denialism
Britain’s ruling class has used dependence on cheap labour as an economic strategy, and cannot see any other option
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
The third man
Bridget Phillipson’s “Code of Practice” has clarified nothing on sex and gender
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent