creativity
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
Retro Rodrigo is primo
A new nostalgia listening to GUTS
Art does not exist to improve society
We should resist the cultural reductionism of the modern “creative industries”
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Trouble beneath the surface
Labour’s triumph obscures worrying signs of division and chaos brewing in British society
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
Daddy, what did you do during the Iraq war?
Don’t ask questions you do want the answer to, at least not where George Galloway is involved
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
