Gyles Brandreth
Where there’s a Will…
If plum roles started being handed out on the random basis of “artistic merit”, anarchy would surely reign…
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Newspeak
Language, landscapes and level crossings — is there nothing we can’t diversify, if we only dare to try?
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
The Conservatives must reject Human Quantitative Easing
It has been a disaster for the party and for the nation
No room for reform?
We should hope that even the worst people can change