Conferences
Block votes and nutters
There was a time when the Labour conference really mattered, before it became a stage-managed platform for social media hits and soundbites
Loving the countryside
Its future must be rooted in affection
The three circles of hell
Today’s glossy big-city party conferences are even more nightmarish than the traditional grim trips to run-down seaside resorts
The publisher and the police
The case of Ernest Moret has drawn attention to a sinister abuse of power
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Equal opportunities fleecing
This blinkered trade’s endless thwarting of talented homosexuals has gone on too long
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
The school as a battleground
Michaela defeat will not deter Islamist designs on schools
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
