Artillery Row
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
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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
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Come together
Some political truths on which we can all agree
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Worldviews apart
There are disturbing differences between how British Muslims and non-Muslims see the world