Fantasy
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Tolkien, 50 years on
The true scale of his legacy is gradually becoming apparent
Head boy and head-scratchers
Come autumn, competing literary establishments parade their best
Reinvention and rediscoveries
An actress turned author, a Kafkaesque fantasy and a 1960s re-release stir the imagination
The unstoppable rise of geek culture
The cult of Elon Musk reveals some horrible truths about our non-virtual world
Britain must embrace the 40k mindset
Forget goblin mode, say goodbye to global Britain, and embrace your inner Ork
What would Terry Pratchett have made of 2020?
Hard graft and moral clarity were central to the Discworld author’s success
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
Kemi Badenoch is a useful idiot
The former Secretary of State has a track record of advancing woke regulations
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
