Artillery Row
Against the censorious right
Miriam Cates is wrong about free speech and anonymity
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
Beef and Brexit prosperity
High beef prices are a symptom of a deeper problem—Britain has left the EU, but not its economic mindset.
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Shining a light on the culture wars
Without the reintroduction of liberal ethical standards, the sacred purpose of academia cannot survive
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China