Invincibles
Chasing Perfection
Recalling the Australia cricket team who came to Britain 75 years ago and left unbeaten in 34 matches
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
The Cass Review is not the end
Gender ideologues are not going to give up in the face of facts
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
Playing the ball
The Kookaburra experiment seems a confused diversion, not a ticket to high intensity
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
Misappropriating motherhood
La Leche League and the pornification of breastfeeding
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene