European Culture
The simple joy of giallo
Giallo films made for glorious Italian escapism
Why Václav Havel matters
He is a model of artistic and ethical courage
Cosmopolis lost
The Erasmus scheme is the legacy of a lost Europe
Why many Ukrainians have stopped speaking Russian
Ukraine’s culture, as well as its people and land, needs defending
Haba listen
Alois Haba: Complete piano music (Supraphon)
The lost world of Stefan Zweig
A new book offers a flawed but insightful perspective on the life of an elegist of civilisation
Poland after the wedding
The Polish art scene is stuck in a futile game of tit-for-tat
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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
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The rise and fall of Star Trek liberalism
We should celebrate real-world achievement rather than identitarian fantasy
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
What the reparations debate says about Britain
Social and ideological shifts mean that we face an increasingly divided future