Henry Channon
Chips, with everything
Mr Heffer has produced a monumental second volume on Henry ‘Chips’ Channon to match his first
World-class snob, first-class diarist
Andrew Roberts says that in these diaries, Channon takes snobbery to a truly pathological level
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
Vibe supremacy
The right has a coolness problem, and Ben Shapiro rapping is not going to help
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Eyes on the prizes
On a dispiriting start to racing’s “Premierisation” era
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
