English Culture
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Fears for tiers
The British state must be impartial in the face of different outbreaks of criminality
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Wagner: the long and short of it
Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
Doing shots
You can tell a lot about someone from their favourite Henry wife
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
