Artillery Row
The art of experience
The great German Romantic Caspar David Friedrich deserves more attention
An influential Irishman
John Field: Complete Nocturnes (DG)
Battered and beguiling
Polish art should not be ashamed of being Polish
How pronouns can obfuscate and mislead
Our use of language should be dictated by the truth more than kindness
Two-tier justice
But it is not the form of bias that one might expect
Leave our veterans alone
One-sided investigations of killings in the Troubles
Oh dear, England
The fun of “Dear England” is dampened by therapy speak
The disorder of succession
The war against Catholic traditionalists has done terrible damage to the Church
The British establishment is not driven by profit
The idea that it sees Britain as an “economic zone” is a palatable fantasy
Going downhill
A bad week is only getting worse for Rachel Reeves
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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 Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The American chaos machine
The United States’s current aggressive expansionism and domestic strife are an intrinsic part of its national character
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
Cofnas, Cambridge and academic freedom
Truly provocative ideas are still unwelcome in our universities
The thin blue line must be thicker
The police are nothing without a presence in communities
Marriage and muscular liberalism
The Fury controversy exposes the contradictions behind Britain’s new marriage laws
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity