Activism
Environmental nihilism
The morbid heart of Just Stop Oil
Biting the hand that feeds them
So-called “radical” performance art is little more than a publicly-funded alliance between the art establishment and faux-rebellious poseurs
Oh good lords
Think twice about Labour’s constitutional plans
Time to check the police’s thinking
Have they forgotten what they are for?
Bad camp
These days, Pride is a real drag
The people behind the podium
A treatise on the life and mating habits of the party political activist
Spare me the hashtag feminism
The feminist fix: Tweets are no substitute for making real change
Violence doesn’t pay
Despite its seductive qualities, violent protest rarely ends well
In the public “I”
Instagram activism serves the self instead of solving the problem
Who are the People’s Tribunal?
A body calling for the revision of school textbooks should bear closer scrutiny
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Daddy, what did you do during the Iraq war?
Don’t ask questions you do want the answer to, at least not where George Galloway is involved
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
