Jonathan Rauch
Matters of fact in a post-truth world
The message of The Constitution of Knowledge is one of hope, as Rauch urges those who resent the censors to “unmute” themselves
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
It’s high time we banned dogs
The tide is turning against these slobbering beasts
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
No gods, no monsters
We should stop projecting our neuroses onto foreign leaders
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships