Elitism
Puncturing the toxic myth of “elitism”
No art form is more subtle, more visceral, more preposterous and more life-affirming than opera
Britain’s elite bacchanalia
A rebellious atmosphere pervaded the Financial Times Weekend Festival
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Low energy
Rachel Reeves and Mel Stride are inconsistent while Reform are invisible
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
How to save your parish church
Be the Church you want to see in the world