civil rights law
The wellspring of woke
The right should stop “owning the libs” and focus on state power
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
