Fountain Pens
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
A Christmas plea for pen and ink
In praise of the small features of civilisation
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
The wines of Israel
Israel’s wine heartland is now suffering from rocket attacks
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
