Brigadier Phil Prosser
Once, twice, three times a briefing
Are thrice weekly Downing Street briefings finally about to start giving us reasons to be cheerful?
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
What’s the point of university during a freedom of speech crisis?
Students should be taught to do more than agree
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
The Church of England’s race to the bottom
The Church of England should not be putting ideology before history
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
