Culture
TalkSport Nationalism is the future
The radio station offers us a model for a healthier British culture
No one needs “privilege” to enjoy the theatre
Why Daniel Day-Lewis is wrong to think the working class need permission to go to the theatre
Why cousin marriage endures
Opposing cultural relativism is no excuse for cultural ignorance
The vanishing of the aspirational lower-middle class
A favourite punching bag of satirists was more noble and valuable than it seemed
Malice in theatreland
How activist theatre undermines the arts
Me and my gull
Seagull: True Story, Marylebone Theatre
Love among the sandwiches
Cesare, Somerset Opera, Frome Memorial Theatre
A lot to Bragg about
Melvyn Bragg’s “In Our Time” has been a rare civilised outpost at the BBC
On snatching a phone
We should all take steps to resist anti-social behaviour
Some observations on public commemoration
Memorials should be meaningful, not mawkish
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Night of the big bins
How Count Binface changed the face of Britain forever
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Angst in the Anglosphere
England’s existential crisis is being played out at the World Cup
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you