Barbara Amiel
Memoir of a troubled woman
Friends and Enemies by Barbara Amiel is an extraordinary work of self-revelation
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
