Georg Philipp Telemann
Some composers are rightly obscure
There is a place for marginal composers — it’s on the margins
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Morals before wealth
250 years after Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, an earlier work remains the key to understanding it.
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
What Louis Theroux ignores
Pea-brained influencers make for an easier target than Islamic misogyny
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
American crusades
Populism is susceptible to foreign lobbies and crusading delusions