Norman Lebrecht gifts five stars for this “astonishing” revival of work from the late, great film composer, Nino Rota

Thanks to “critical theory”, the study of English literature has become overrun with boring academics who hardly inspire the next generation

Unfettered praise of Virginia Woolf as a “liberated writer” has paved the way for an inexplicably popular type of bad writing

San Francisco should serve as a cautionary tale as to what can happen when “progressive” far-left ideology dominates politics

The world needs to rekindle its democratic alliances to counter China’s growing techno-authoritarian power

Professor Jeremy Black speaks with Graham Stewart about the naval firepower, the RAF’s bombing offensive and the campaigns in Greece, Italy and Normandy

Blaming the British Empire for Brexit is not only ignorant — it’s total rubbish

Does the EU genuinely fear a backdoor into its single market?

The internet democratised speech but with the new Online Safety Bill, politicians and the media are trying to put the genie back in the bottle

The High Court in Belfast confirms the Protocol’s constitutional vandalism. We will settle this in the Supreme Court