Heritage
Britain must maintain its cultural inheritance
We should not allow our masterpieces to disappear overseas
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
The law that could save our Crooked Houses
Important buildings deserve speedier protection
The immoral case for restitution
Britain does not owe Greece the Parthenon sculptures
No place for young’uns
Why are pensioners the favoured customer of the National Trust?
Will the Chinese “decolonise” Hong Kong?
Will a newly assertive Beijing seek to “decolonise” Hong Kong of the last visible signs of its colonial past?
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Antisemitism and the Islamic connection
Antisemitic sentiments in Islamic theology cannot be overlooked or obscured
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The sacrifice that changed Naipaul
The humiliation of his father, forced to slaughter a goat to atone for
angering Hindus, made the writer wary of insulting religion
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?