Court
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
On international law
International law is often far less clear than it might sound
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Make architecture art again
Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
