Allan Pettersson
Some composers are rightly obscure
There is a place for marginal composers — it’s on the margins
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Joyless virtue signalling masquerading as scholarship
Dozier’s The White Pedestal is more an exercise in ideology than a search for the truth
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Good news for the rule of law
Activists who break the law should not be able to appeal to their high-minded motives
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss