Brian Micklethwait
Remembering Brian Micklethwait
The man who made libertarianism fun
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
The truth about sex
No amount of clever-clever language games can obscure basic biological facts
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
Parliamentary sovereignty (extreme edition)
Rwanda is safe. How do we know? Because we said so.
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
