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The Unnatural Herstory Museum
There is no real reason for museums to segregate what was hers and his
Our enemies bring our friends closer
How can antipathy focus the mind in international relations?
Decoloniser heal thyself
Decolonisation is a new form of Western elitism that risks turning campuses into ideological bootcamps
The censor returns
New Lord Chamberlains are policing the stage with puritan zeal
Slang vs Woke: the final judgment
Everyone wants what should be. But there is no “should be”. There is only what is.
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
The chance introduction that led to some extraordinary evenings with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
My interiors life: weaned on the small screen
My formative years and future
tastes in all things were formed by
1950s and 1960s television,
Fart for art’s sake
A not-so-fond farewell to the “sophomoric male”, the man-child purveyor of infantile humour
The myth of the Victorian Christmas
Our values today are of consumerism and instant gratification, inherited from our Victorian forebears
Recanting decanting
An expensive evacuation of the Palace of Westminster has now fallen out of favour
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
