Book Review
Brunelleschi’s egg
Demythologising a Renaissance genius
The past in pictures
Twelve manuscripts, read and re-read over eight centuries, can tell the heart of medieval Britain
Spinoza, the true conservative
Spinoza’s earth-bound philosophy is a safeguard against idealism
The sacredness of sounds
A fascinating new book explores the transcendent qualities of sound
Beating the retreat
Wokeness represents an autoimmune disorder of liberalism itself
Should we make Classics history?
Enthusiasm may cause less harm, and prompt more good, than cynicism
Panic on the streets
A new book is a gripping account of terror and death in London
Marriage blues
Don’t worry, Rosie, the divorces will start soon
“I’m afraid the news is not good …”
Our confidence in doctor diagnosis is sadly misplaced
A blunderbuss blast at “progressives”
Progress is too important to be left to the progressives
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The ankle tag and the ballot box
The courts convicted Marine Le Pen, but left her political fate to French voters
Where hatreds meet
Antisemitism and misogyny have a lot in common
The costs of independence
Northern Ireland offers sobering lessons on the consequences of devolutionary radicalism
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families