Artillery Row

Letter from Washington: Lucky Joe

The surprising continuity of America’s Covid response undermines Biden’s central boast

Krzysztof Penderecki: Credo (Hänssler Classics)

The climaxes are sensational, some of the strongest music Penderecki ever created; we may never see its like again

What’s in a name?

Dominic Hilton laments the various lunacies surrounding his name

Zooming Windows

The George Formby Society attempts a ukulele world record, online

The 2021 Brexit smackdown

A recent book launch hosted by Policy Exchange provided the perfect opportunity for a Frost, Gove, Rudd and Mandelson rematch

Reagan is not the answer to Republican woes

In response to Daniel Johnson’s March feature, Henry George argues that a return to Reaganism is not the future of American conservatism

The pleasure of hating

Debates over what constitutes ‘hate speech’ reintroduce dangerous concepts of sin and morality into our common law

A time to keep silence and time to speak

Nicola Sturgeon offers a PR masterclass in how to bury bad news

The Police Bill isn’t the threat to democracy the Left say it is

If you’re looking for the enemies of free speech, you’re looking the wrong way, argues Robert Poll

Our very British brand of totalitarianism

While sales of “1984” went through the roof this past year, Aldous Huxley’s dystopian vision is much more likely to come true than George Orwell’s