Artillery Row
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
How the sausage gets made
On the illusions of evidence-based policy
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Towards an allied civil society network in Europe
The Trump Administration is turning its attention to Europe’s civic institutions
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Selling the commons
How Britain put a price on nature