Democracy
Close the Confucius Institutes
Britain should not be enabling Chinese soft power
Populists: doing us all a favour
Don’t sneer at those who challenge the vested interests of the elite
What we owe the dead
On the community of generations
How liberalism stole democracy
And how to get it back
Confusing populism with tyranny
Gideon Rachman fails to distinguish the strong from those who pretend to be
Democracy without a demos
We have to overcome post-1989 illusions
Frustrating life of a man of ideas
We remain interested in Tocqueville because of the power of his thought, not his life story
Share the power
Why we need more direct democracy
Modern echoes of ancient history
Stephen Kershaw may have taken accessibility too far in his classical account
Independence: a two-way street
Both judges and politicians must respect long-standing constitutional conventions
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
