Czech
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
A pair of Czech masterpieces
Two new Czech masterpieces
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
