Derek Jarman
The unorthodox Englishness of Derek Jarman
The filmmaker was too complex to be reduced to a mere iconoclast
Bad education
Under Labour a deeply ideological education sector could go very quickly and badly wrong
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Setting ourselves on fire
Multiculturalism has created fractured communities where nobody cares
Living in the 80s
Did popular culture peak four decades ago?
Equality for some
Labour is continuing a misguided approach to DEI
Bad tradwife manifesto
From have it all feminism to tradwife influencers, women are being given impossible ideals and taught to refuse limitations
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Save us from the menopause mystique
“Menopausal” products make life more rather than less alienating
En rama drama
Spanish wine helps one escape the misery and damp of Britain
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
