Butskellism
Politicians versus mandarins
Spats between governments and civil servants are inevitable when administrations have a radical agenda
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
