Alistair Darling
Just another minister
Matt Hancock is no master-deceiver, just an average embarrassment
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
The secrets of familial suffering
Recovering from the burden of generational pain can be a private act
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Healers who harm
Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Don’t ban anti-Israel marches
Principled and pragmatic arguments for prohibition are weak
Faustian modernity
200 years ago, Goethe invented modern man
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
