Dundas
Culture wars are about our society
The notion of collective racial guilt undermines all institutions
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
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
13 Years Later
Who could be inspired by this zombie conservatism?
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
