Gianni Infantino
Wagner: the long and short of it
Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world