Covid
Abolish the disinformation reporter
Disinformation reporting is becoming activist journalism
A hundred shades of autumn leaves
He grips the attention with every phrase
Letting the mask slip
An unelected, unaccountable bureaucrat used “nudging” to influence national policy
Covid and the Church of England’s retreat
Parishioners were ill-served by the Church’s pandemic response
Rage captured to perfection
Chamber symphonies were a neglected genre revived during the Covid shutdowns
The rites of Spring
The pandemic’s chief fact checker is failing to grasp the realities of the post-covid era
Leaking modernity
We need boundaries to be free
There’s no case for mask mandates
We cannot trust models based on bogus assumptions
What is happening to London?
The capital is infected with malaise
The meaning of Jacinda Ardern
Expect soggy authoritarianism from elite darlings
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Ghostbusted
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is heroically pointless
Go woke, go broke?
The collapse of Vice Media is a story of an American left — aggressive, iconoclastic, irreverent — that no longer exists
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
