Jonathan Meades
Hold the back page
Football was once a spectacle. The grotesque Qatar World Cup reminds us of all it has become
Despising all that they hold dear
Politics is but a subset; the true villain is belief, says Jonathon Green of Jonathan Meades’s new release
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
