Arts
Riffs or rigour?
Arts practice has gained the upper hand over scholarship
How cinemas can save themselves
Watching films at the cinema should be a communal experience
The art world must escape gender theory
Grim, irrational ideas still dominate the Arts
Of course we need opera
Click-hungry editors should stop enabling philistinism
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Dear Rishi, what about the arts?
The Tories appear to have no plan for the Arts Council
Inquest into the death of ENO
The cause of death, in this coroner’s verdict, is a prolonged failure to address reality
Storm in a cauldron
As witches’ brews go, it’s rather weak tea
Diversity north of Dundee
A Highlands culture war
They’re not laughing now
Without taxpayer handouts, will the arts finally be forced to give people what they want?
Our attitude towards MPs is inconsistent
We hate career politicians, but we want politicians to focus entirely on their career
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
Reject Naominomics
Ideas like Naomi Klein’s are bad for the economy (and for the environment)
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
Gove away
Sentimental tributes to the outgoing Tory overstate his political virtues
Embracing the quiet life
Keir Starmer takes a vow of public service and perpetual dogmatic silence
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
The Labour voter blues
At least forty per cent of Starmer’s voters are social conservatives. Will he take them with him, or leave them behind?
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
A misguided election briefing
The Church must recognise there are Christians on both the left and right of politics
