Hate Crime
Stonewall’s Ratner moment
Stonewall has become that dangerous thing: an organisation with power and resources floundering for survival
An unfair cop
The police cannot be trusted on hate crime
Priti Patel vs College of Policing
Is the Home Secretary seizing the political initiative before she’s forced to?
Why does ITV insist that violence against women is normal?
Bruce Newsome says that an elite obsessed with social justice is failing at criminal justice
Fair Cop’s case in court
It looks like the College of Policing has strayed far from its path; let’s hope the Court of Appeal can set it back in the right direction
The canary in the coal mine
The UK is at a dangerous junction when it comes to free speech
Policing offence
There’s nothing like a beating stick to ram home a lie
Free speech is under threat in Northern Ireland
New hate crime proposals could make Northern Ireland the least free part of the UK
The British Twitter Stasi
Police forces should not be secretly recording my tweets as ‘hate incidents’
Free to disagree
The Scottish Government drastically needs to rethink its approach to hate crime
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Britain will not be a “Christian country” without Christians
Traditions die if there is no one to cherish them
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
