Ben Macpherson
Scotland – an open door or a back door?
The SNP has out-outmaneuvered the Scottish Conservatives on immigration
Vorsprung durch Technik R.I.P.
The vaunted German model really is kaput — bust
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
The Candy Man can
The people’s party: now bankrolled by one of the country’s richest property developers
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
