Artillery Row

In defence of knowledge

Richard Ovenden’s new book is a passionate defence of the sanctity of knowledge expressed through literature

Eighth Blackbird and Navarra String Quartet

I’m not giving up trying to persuade younger people to listen to new composers

The Royal Navy in the front line against slavery

It is wilfully forgotten that the Royal Navy was central to ending the slave trade

Letter from Washington: Race and the 2020 race

The facts don’t fit the story Democrats want to tell themselves

The medical community’s revolt against lockdown

For a government which insists it is “following the science,” there is a striking reluctance to listen to the scientists

Batting for Biden: the BBC and the US election

The BBC has been wholly partisan in its coverage of Donald Trump ever since he was elected

American Utopia

Facts are overlooked in American Utopia’s HBO concert film to accommodate the systemic white racism narrative

No deal Brexit? What about the deal that is already signed?

The government’s commitment to the Withdrawal Agreement compromises a clean break Brexit

Nothing has changed

Read the small print on Boris’s “no deal” speech and you’ll realise we’ve been here before

Hail to the Chief (Part II)

The American Civil War and the expansion of executive power