Culture
Is there such a thing as right-wing comedy?
The issue of political balance in comedy is no laughing matter
A grim chorus of philistines
Rishi’s £1.57 Billion handout to the arts sector is the last good news it’ll ever hear, says Robert Thicknesse
Super Thursday
The busiest day of the publishing calendar offers hope for some, but ruin for many
The man who restored Japan
Shinzo Abe has led Japan to overcome its war guilt and emerge as a major global power
A worthy heiress to Princess Ida
Where has originality and character gone in the art of Violin playing?
To stay together, Canadian Tories should stand apart
The CPC should do a full Murdo Fraser in Quebec
A conservative chairman won’t save the BBC
No matter who takes over the BBC, the corporation is irrevocably broken
How Europe slowly came to terms with the Holocaust
And with what shifting emphasis do different countries remember the crime? Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss
Altogether enough enjoyment
Venice after people
Last Night of the Proms – a storm in a teacup?
BBC Proms row has developed into an unexpectedly successful publicity stunt
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)