Artillery Row
Expensive booze pushes Scots towards drugs
Sturgeon’s alcohol policy is her latest failure
Man up, President Xi
Why not flip the script, and let China lead the world out of the climate crisis?
TikTok time bomb
Schools across the UK have been targeted by anonymous TikTok accounts where pupils rate and defame their teachers
That was then, this is now
It’s a kindness of friends not to look at what we’re doing
What’s the point of political art?
Art that shocks, offends, and amuses has a purpose beyond aesthetic: its existence is a testament to freedom of expression
Unmaking history
Stripping a people of its identity and history is the prerequisite to control
Rule of silence
Good laws can’t be made if we don’t talk about them, and bad laws can’t be repealed in silence
Good COP, bad COP
Why would our friends even want to give us Covid?
Paul Hindemith: Mathis symphony (Naxos), Clarinet concerto (Orfeo)
When asked “which Hindemith should I try first?”, I’m lost for an answer
Redlisted
The browser extension “Shinigami Eyes” colour codes names on the wrong side of history
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Middle management in the Middle East
The war against Iran has emphasised the importance of deep leadership
Peston’s Inbox
Kemi doesn’t give her kids Easter eggs
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Restore the King James Bible
Those who are opposed, please consider, in the bowels of Christ, whether you may be mistaken
Women who play along …
It’s only natural when you come across the aftermath of a collision to wonder who was to blame.