Albums
Sensitivity of a high order
Sibelius and Prokofiev: Violin concertos (Decca)
Please remember, terrorism is evil
Worrying numbers of people romanticise the brutality of those perceived as “oppressed”
The soullessness of “social mobility”
Underprivileged young people need culture, not just “skills”
Technical problems
Rishi Sunak must be glad to face one problem that is absolutely not his fault
Love in a remotely-controlled climate
If we outsource our decisions to
machines, we will be less capable
of navigating our own feelings
The Conservative love affair with petty prohibitionism
How much time has been wasted on trivial legislation?
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm