ID Cards
Reconsidering the case for ID cards
If tracking Covid-19 requires “immunity passports” then why not as part of an ID card?
The W-word
The idea that the sex of a person is simply a matter of choice is a giant ideological lie
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
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
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs
Sugar, sex and sacrifice
It would be foolish to casually abandon Christian ethics of restraint
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
No joke
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is absurd, but nobody’s laughing
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
