On Radio
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
The misfits of Middagh Street
What a bunch: gifted and impossible to live with
Borne back into the past … of Bolton
Oh no, not another cliche!
The hounding of a poet and teacher
Communism is the only guarantee of human happiness
Keeping in tune with the Times
Radio Times has become the mouthpiece of the BBC’s re-education unit
A farewell to a brilliant broadcaster
Melvyn Bragg has declared his innings closed after 27 years
Please, no more “counter-culture”
The voice honed by experience is more necessary now than ever
The BBC’s fanfare for a fanatic
Radio 4 flatters the Lancasters of this world and patronises the Connollys
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
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
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Awards ceremonies are erasing women
Biological males should not receive awards intended for women
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring