Portcullis
Liar! Liar! House on fire?
Never mind whether PMQs matter – does Parliament currently matter?
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Not everyone should be in therapy
Over-medicalisation hurts the healthy and the suffering alike
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
