Indpendence
Democracy’s accountability problem
The unaccountable “independent” state is our future – whether we like it or not
Tube strikes aren’t socialist
Why do so many on the Left back poor quality public services?
Hans Winterberg: orchestral works (Capriccio)
The lost sounds of a German Jewish composer
The Realist bogeyman
Everyone likes to shoot the messenger and nobody likes to hear “I told you so”
Steals on wheels
Women are having their cycling podium places stolen from under their noses by trans-identified men
The Welsh way of woke
Wales has an established church again: the religion of “anti-racism”
Don’t blame Britain
Obsessing over the sins of empire only serves to hide the flaws of dysfunctional modern states
Why hasn’t the Cabinet lost faith in Boris?
It is the history of Cabinet resignations, not no confidence votes, that indicates whether a Tory PM survives
A heartbreaking work of staggering narcissism
Grace Lavery reveals the delusions of transgender ideology
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
An epidemic of misguided moralising
The difference between vaccine sceptics and advocates is not as great as it appears
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far