IOPC
Boris and Jennifer Arcuri: case not closed
The IOPC review is wrong. Incriminating material highly pertinent to Johnson’s conduct does still exist.
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
The short lives and violent deaths of Sweden’s rappers
Swedish rap is a window into a violent underworld
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
How to win at Monopoly
Once you’ve amassed your empire, ruthlessness must be the name of the game
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
