Culture
Terrible beauty
Does the World Press know what constitutes photojournalism?
Reclaiming freedom in the arts
Great art that speaks of today cannot be made in a climate of fear
How cinemas can save themselves
Watching films at the cinema should be a communal experience
When things could only get better
Fans of the 1990s aren’t nostalgic reactionaries. They celebrate an era of optimism, peace, prosperity and great popular culture
An optimistic history of women’s rights
Sexed: A History of British Feminism. Susanna Rustin
The soullessness of “social mobility”
Underprivileged young people need culture, not just “skills”
Of course we need opera
Click-hungry editors should stop enabling philistinism
What is culture anyway?
Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
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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
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing