Jeeves and Wooster
The enduring appeal of Jeeves and Wooster
Ben Schott’s new novel is hugely welcome, but thankfully it will never threaten to obscure the genius of the canon
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
When compassion kills
Decriminalising vagrancy is no act of kindness
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
Worstall’s Corollary
Rare earths expose a fatal flaw at the heart of industrial strategy: governments intervene in systems they do not remotely understand
Don’t kowtow to cry-bullies
Why Kezia Dugdale can’t apologise enough
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)