Bob Neill
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
Blame Boris for Britain’s borders
Boris Johnson is no lost Conservative hero — he did tremendous harm
The stultification of the liberal mind
Ed Davey’s anti-political campaign is darker than it looks
Messing with the master’s work
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto; Brett Dean: A Winter’s Journey (Orchid)
Big beasts versus the Bible
Darwin sidelined the Creator by documenting the slow mechanisms of evolution
Struggles of a veteran matador
Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail
Death by red tape
“Soft cancellation” is the preferred tool of institutionalised censoriousness
Counting Covid costs
We need a broad perspective of Britain’s pandemic failures
The ghosts of Tory past
The Conservatives are haunted by the spirits of the last two decades
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
Chasing rainbows
Dissident civil servants have been risking their careers to fight a losing battle against burgeoning Whitehall wokery