Belle and Sebastian
Sing for victory
The days when recording a novelty single was a pre-tour duty are long gone
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
These violent delights
Pagliacci made the murder the true apex of the show
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it