Annie Nightingale
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums