Artillery Row
Free speech, councillors and new disqualification rules
Proposed local government requirements would greatly impinge on freedom of speech
Letter from Washington: Biden delivers
2020 isn’t 2016 and Joe Biden isn’t Hillary Clinton
An incomplete history of the Swinging Sixties
Any history of the 1960s that neglects mass culture is not to be taken entirely seriously
The Portuguese at home and overseas
How has Portugal managed its imperial identity?
Melancholy of obsolete futures
Alexander Adams on Soviet Brutalism and where to read about it
Shellshocked: Lebanon’s revolution falters again
Lebanon protests are futile as opposition lacks a coherent strategy
Pups, Furries & Kinksters have no place in Pride
Homosexuals and bisexuals need to unite to put fetishes back in the closet
Higher education can make you stupid
Ironically, a denial of academic political bias reveals bias, pretension, and pseudo-intellectualism
Teens on screen
The coming of age genre is experiencing a renaissance
The celebrification of children’s literature
Children’s book publishing needs to take a step away from celebrities
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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
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
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
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
The party of retailers
Labour’s drift from its union roots reveals the party no longer knows what — or who — it is for
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough