Arty Types
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
Britain’s first postmodern election
What Galloway’s victory really tells us about Britain
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence