Duff Cooper
Infinite enjoyment
Duff Cooper understood wine’s power as ‘firm friend and wise councillor’
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
The roots of academic irrationality
How ideology came to dominate the intellect — and rigidity subordinated scepticism
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life