Artillery Row
Hung out to dry
The University College Union’s treatment of Kathleen Stock is shameful
Is transphobia an academic critique?
The abhorrent treatment of Kathleen Stock by Sussex UCU is a loss for academic freedom
Can countries ever really be friends?
Are we witnessing the usual ups and downs in the anglosphere relationship or do countries really only act in self interest?
Anonymity will not solve unconscious bias
How the double-blind peer review process will hinder scholarly output in the humanities
Goodnight, Mr Bond
It’s time to let the man who saved the world, and the cinema, rest in peace.
Criminal stupidity
Sorting your “he” from your “ze” won’t improve places where one would hesitate to keep farm animals
The Trojan Horse of Stonewall
Why did the BBC give money to a pro-trans lobby group in the first place?
The Rashford trap
Rashford’s campaigning moves the state towards becoming a substitute parent
Think of the children?
Two doctors break ranks to urge a more cautious approach to transitioning
Round Midnight: Dutilleux, Merlin, Schoenberg (Erato)
This is razzle-dazzle entertainment; keep it by your bedside
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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
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
There is nothing authentic about Andy Burnham
The blokeish Labour man is as slimy a politician as the rest of them
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Zack Polanski’s war on carrots
Cheap food is not evidence of exploitation but of competition — something Adam Smith understood long before Zack Polanski
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards