Critics
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
Criticising the critics
Ideology has triumphed over art
Singing lessons
Spare us the social justice preaching
Rats desert a thriving ship
The space for criticism to exist grows smaller and the archways that sustained its presence crumble away, laments Sarah Ditum
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Is public religion the new heresy?
It makes no sense to argue that faith should not inform ethical decisions
Labour’s inaction on religious persecution
The Freedom of Religion or Belief brief is simply being ignored by the government
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
