David Hare
Spare us easy satire
Satire is supposed to be the unsayable, not virtue-signalling two-bit doggerel
Drop the agitprop
David Hare is an extraordinarily accomplished writer when he doesn’t revert to contemporary politics
Cecilia Featherstonehaugh
Posh publisher
Israel’s forever war
Netanyahu risks dragging his country and his allies into an open-ended regional conflict
Wagner: the long and short of it
Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.
The goose and the golden egg
The City of London Corporation arguably survives for one reason only: money
Graham Topman: festival organiser
Roll up, roll up, it’s time for another festival of arts, ideas and Graham (mostly Graham)
Disaster zone
It’s a big job says Keir Starmer, and it’s not our mess we’ll be clearing up
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Sheikhs on a train
Patronising foreign people, and other progressive trends
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Murders for July
The most gripping and grisly detective novels of the month, from Devon to Orkney
