Artillery Row
It is high time to modernise our education system
We don’t need a revolution in education, just give kids more choice
Rachmaninov: Preludes, Etudes (DG)
Babayan’s Rachmninov is remarkable is its absence of obvious virtuosity
How secure is Britain’s toehold in Cyprus?
What does the UK’s bilateral agreement with Cyprus mean for Britain’s presence in the eastern Med?
Canada’s new Conservative leader
Will Erin O’Toole be able to unite Canada’s fragmented Conservative party?
Against the useful idiots
Why ‘God Save The Queen’ matters too
Letter from Washington: Trump is at the mercy of events
2020 has been a humbling year. Convention season was no different
How Europe slowly came to terms with the Holocaust
And with what shifting emphasis do different countries remember the crime? Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss
Remembering The Merchant of Prato
A vivid picture of Italian domestic life on the eve of the Renaissance
Turning the tide on cancel culture
One man’s crusade against the woke decolonisation of our patriotic anthems
British self-interested aid
Is it wrong that donor countries should also benefit from their development aid projects?
Mutilation theology
Asserting mastery over their future selves is a feature of mastectomy, not a bug
Nigel Farage had a point on Ukraine
Putin is the aggressor, yes, but Western states still behaved irresponsibly
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
Gelding: the pros
Bring back the castratos? Might as well
Heaven scent
Harrods is no help in the quest for Raffouche
Ethnic identity is fine, as long as you’re not English
In the corridors of power, every ethnic grievance is welcome — except for the concerns of the English
Seasonal style
Picking the right outfit for summer socials
No party for female voters
Gender-critical feminists have almost no one worth supporting
Is cricket growing up and leaving home?
In many ways the sport is thriving, but there is danger ahead
