Artillery Row

Are fictional politicians as interesting as the real thing?

Sir David Hare’s new BBC drama feels small-scale when we are surrounded by far more impressive real-life spectacles

Michaelmas Mayhem

View from Oxford: the beginning of a year unlike any other

The divisiveness of Five Pillars

The UK’s chief website for British Muslim news sows more division than unity

The sword of justice cuts both ways

Unexplained Wealth Orders reverse the burden of proof

In defence of knowledge

Richard Ovenden’s new book is a passionate defence of the sanctity of knowledge expressed through literature

Eighth Blackbird and Navarra String Quartet

I’m not giving up trying to persuade younger people to listen to new composers

The Royal Navy in the front line against slavery

It is wilfully forgotten that the Royal Navy was central to ending the slave trade

Letter from Washington: Race and the 2020 race

The facts don’t fit the story Democrats want to tell themselves

The medical community’s revolt against lockdown

For a government which insists it is “following the science,” there is a striking reluctance to listen to the scientists

Batting for Biden: the BBC and the US election

The BBC has been wholly partisan in its coverage of Donald Trump ever since he was elected