Artillery Row
The problem with politeness
The British aversion to seeming rude exposes us to ideological scolds
Culture war, what is it good for?
Women will continue to battle for our rights
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
The Conservatives deserve to be taught a lesson
Bad behaviour has to come with consequences
The intimacy of thoughts
An excess of technology burdens a cerebral adaptation
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
The British Holocaust cover-up that wasn’t
A fanciful and convoluted conspiracy theory has blighted the reputation of the Channel Islands
It’s OK to be angry about socialism
It is perverse that this chronic failure of an ideology endures
What Lowry saw in the sea
The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Explaining the Boriswave
How and why the Conservatives betrayed their voters on immigration
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Bar none
The fraud behind the Bar Standards Board’s “equality and diversity” drive
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
