Artillery Row
The illusion of normality in Nikopol
Determination and death on the front lines of Ukraine
Schrödinger’s sex binary
We have to resist the mass gaslighting of women and girls
How soap helped civilisation to survive
It subdued one of our most dangerous enemies: germs
More shenanigans at the RIBA
Ideologues and marketers are ruining the Royal Institute of British Architects
Polish strings
Grazyna Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 &4; Concerto for string orchestra (both on Chandos)
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
What does surrogacy say about us?
We are putting the interests of adults above those of children
The brighter side of German Expressionism
The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects
The students are revolting
Far too many young people are sheltered from the real world by their university education
Red dawn
Following the locals, a shattered Conservative party will need to get used to losing
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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
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Spaceships, ghost ships and sheep
The secret sauce of Project Hail Mary: it’s a laugh
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
On a wind and a prayer
Beggaring ourselves will not cool the rest of the planet’s weather
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Fair vs free elections
The grey zone between interference and counter-interference is becoming Europe’s new political frontier
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve