Denmark
The abdication of responsibility
A monarch quitting undercuts the point of the institution they represent
How the Danes paid the Danegeld
We should resist the new blasphemy laws
An epochal set
Nielsen: The Symphonies (DG)
Should asylum be granted for life?
Lessons for Priti Patel on how Denmark reduced its appeal to asylum seekers
Why contemporary feminists are wrong about policing children’s television
Once we start using the political concerns of the adult world to moralise about the imaginative realm of children, we’re in trouble
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
