Claudette Johnson
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
We must strengthen British capitalism
Having a successful capitalist system depends on having a strong state
David Lean
The cinematic genius admired by today’s directors
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Eat less chicken
Industrial farming is bad for the environment but it is also cruel
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership