English History
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Rickards remembered
A fine tribute to an industrious architectural eccentric
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
Higher education, lower standards
Why are our universities in decline?
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
