Freedom of Thought
Don’t buffer the truth about censorship zones
This is an attack on freedom and choice
We have dispensed with independent thought
Are we just going to continue outsourcing every foundational fibre of our being?
Will the next prime minister stand up for women’s rights?
Rhetorical progress has been made on gender issues — but will it affect policy?
Europe at the crossroads
The EU elections could see the populist right make significant gains
Embracing the quiet life
Keir Starmer takes a vow of public service and perpetual dogmatic silence
Is Badenoch ready?
The stand-out Conservative looks less convincing with each interview
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Bedazzling
Nigel Farage takes centre stage and everyone else is sidelined
Where are the real statesmen?
Neither populists nor managerialists can rule
Trumped up charges
Trump’s guilty verdict is a catastrophe for American public life
Flawed paean to a heartless auteur
A lack of empathy goes to the hollowness at the heart of so many Kubrick movies