birth rates
Pro-parent policies can raise birth rates
Practical change can help people to have as many children as they want
The problem with right-wing natalism
No one actually knows how to raise birth rates
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
Building a culture for kids
Financial support is not enough to raise fertility rates
Make childcare cheaper, not more complicated
We won’t educate children better if there are no children to teach
Political fever dreams
Not everything we dislike is Hitler
Reasons to be cheerful
Ten things that are wonderful about British racing
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
Losing the battle, losing the war
The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost
A victory for press freedom in Northern Ireland
People suspected of sexual offences pre-charge will not have the right to automatic anonymity
Why levelling up failed
We must think local in order to foster growth
What future for Winchester Cathedral Choir?
The choral tradition in the cathedral must be enlivened rather than diluted
Say it ain’t so, Joe
How democratic is a shadowy cabal conspiring to hide the fact that Biden is too frail to govern?
Polish strings
Grazyna Bacewicz: Symphonies 3 &4; Concerto for string orchestra (both on Chandos)
Flawed paean to a heartless auteur
A lack of empathy goes to the hollowness at the heart of so many Kubrick movies
Europe between the Seine and the Tiber
It is time for Paris and Rome to rethink sovereignty and their relationship with the EU
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
