Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Defying categorisation
Valentin Silvestrov: “… flowering over Lethe…” (ECM); Violin concerto (Naxos)
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
The pathologies of outdated ideologies
Our managerial elite will go the way of the Mamluks, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Moriori
Two cafes, both alike …
Our correspondent investigates the north London front of the Israel-Palestine conflict
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold