Hyde Park
Marble Ah.
The new Marble Arch reminds me of that Cristiano Ronaldo statue
Choosing enemies wisely
China manifestly wishes to avenge her past humiliation at Western hands
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Medieval treasures of Germany
Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Finding faith
Peterson spends great time and care examining a cornucopia of Biblical stories
