Conservatives
Are conservatives losing?
Conservative parties may be good at winning elections but have they lost the argument?
Upstart bloggers
The new keyboard pundits snapping at the heels of the established players
The myth of the red wall
The red wall was a patronising generalisation about a huge swathe of the country
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson
What on Earth are the Conservatives running on?
Rishi Sunak needs a vision for the country, not just anti-Starmer posturing
Reformed towns
The Reformation was a transformative moment in English urban history
Postmodern fantasy
Modern fantasy authors often try and subvert traditional religion, with bleak and unoriginal results
Sorry is the hardest word
In the wake of the Cass Report, the hordes are now looking for a face-saving way to recant
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
For we are one and unfree
Australia doesn’t care about free speech, and it doesn’t want to
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
The future is blue
With Corbynite leadership and conservative members, Unite embodies Labour’s identity crisis
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
