Artillery Row
The Trump Game
British political leaders are sucked into playing by Trump’s rules
The pseudoscience behind Britain’s open borders
Britain’s immigration policy has been run by researchers who were never right — and rarely challenged
Bird man of Finland
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus arcticus/Hugo Alfven: Gustav II Adolf (Chandos)
Why Václav Havel matters
He is a model of artistic and ethical courage
The Crans-Montana bar fire looked horribly familiar
Questions must be asked about safety and nightlife
Murders for January
Crime fiction for cold months
Reform is winning over Scotland
A recent local election result was bad news for the political class
What the BBC leaves out
How to cover the news without covering the news
Adulterating Amadeus
A new series does an injustice to Mozart, Shaffer, Forman and TV in general
Supervisory moralism at the cinema
The films of Paul King manage thorny political problems through children’s fantasies
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Carry on, matron
The crisis in nursing can be reversed by a return to Florence Nightingale’s vision of vocation and a rebuilt hierarchy on the wards
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
Britain should have voted against reparations
The moral and historical arguments for “reparatory justice” are bogus
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Why a wealth tax would fail
Wealth taxes have been tested in various countries and have been abandoned for very good reasons
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer