Czechoslovakia
What would Václav Havel have made of gender wars?
The former Czech president and playwright would have invited JK Rowling over for a beer
Derrida deconstructed
Derrida’s prose, which stops being turgid only in order to be turbid, is utterly incomprehensible
Smuggling Plato to Prague
Edward Lucas pays tribute to his father J.R. Lucas, Oxford philosopher and Cold War champion of the Czechs
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Why did Irish women vote No?
Tired of seeing women and mothers erased in law and policy, Ireland’s women sent a resounding message
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
