Geert Wilders
Platinum populism
Right-leaning discontent comes in many different forms
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
Smartphones are not the source of all social ills
Phones and social media are easy scapegoats for our all too human follies
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
The gender wars have not been won
“No debate” has been defeated — but the debate is still ongoing
The untalented Mx. Ripley
In a story of a fiendishly successful performance, Eliot Sumner proved an extremely unconvincing man
Why did behavioural scientists crave mask mandates?
The COVID pandemic exposed the nastiness of nudging
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
