Artillery Row
The school as a battleground
Michaela defeat will not deter Islamist designs on schools
The follies of human quantitative easing
British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
A time for restoration
An interview with David Starkey
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
Struggles of a veteran matador
Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Higher education, lower standards
Why are our universities in decline?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Politicians can’t handle free speech
The more criticism ministers receive online, the more determined they become to regulate what everyone else can say
Herodotus and the birth of enquiry
Before there were historians, there was Herodotus — a wandering Greek determined to discover why civilisations rise and fall
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
In defence of Gary Stevenson
If economists were only those with doctorates, we would have to ignore both the market’s wisdom and many of its most perceptive critics
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Hope and stories
Bicinia (Claves)
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully