Results for "simon evans"
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Heavy weights and hurty words
Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate
The sacredness of sounds
A fascinating new book explores the transcendent qualities of sound
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
The game of laughter
A backstage look at stand-up comedy
On pretending to have read books
It is an art in itself
The meaning of laughs
In praise of Douglas Adams, a comedy legend
Humphries and the humourless
Cancel culture is often midges biting giants
Risk your neck, save your soul
Against the sterility of safetyism
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
The state enablers of the Stade shooting
A fatal shooting in Germany illuminated more than one man
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
The (in)justice of the Equality Act
Far from guaranteeing equal treatment, the Equality Act has transformed Britain’s understanding of equality from individual rights to group identity
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill