Dan Hicks
Past imperfectionists
The extremism of the project against our traditional idea of the museum is on full display at the Pitt Rivers
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
