Birkenhead
A walk in the park
Can late Elizabethans do without Victorian vistas?
Barking up the wrong tree
Insta-obsessed diners can’t see the food for the reels
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Send the tools to finish the job
It is imperative that the West once again becomes “the great arsenal of democracy”
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
