Artillery Row
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
Excessive producer responsibility
Virtue-signalling policies are picking the pockets of consumers
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform
Bypassing the parasites
Too often, lawyers add little to business transactions except delays and questionable costs