Decolonisation
Pretendians and the crisis of the self
Why are people manufacturing indigenous heritage?
A race to the bottom
“Decolonisation” ideology distorts and condescends
Is classical colonial?
Naive proposals to “decolonise” Western classical music risk losing the richness of its history
Decoloniser heal thyself
Decolonisation is a new form of Western elitism that risks turning campuses into ideological bootcamps
History wars roll on
In Britain, contentious historical issues receive attention to an unprecedented degree
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh
West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
