Alfred Brendel
A fruitcake rather than an egghead
Somehow Alfred Brendel managed to appear both deadly serious and not serious at all
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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
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
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
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
Eric Snapper
Anti-biographer
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
The vibe shift is a myth
Far from living through an age of cultural rebellion, we are seeing the imposition of cultural conformity
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Hey, leftists, leave independent schools alone
The campaign against independent schools is irrational, short-sighted and destructive
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance