Kevin Brady
The bludgeoning of Brick Lane
Prioritising millionaires over working class communities is now standard practice for London Labourites
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Why we should resist this “conversion therapy” ban
It would enshrine dubious claims as unarguable facts, and it endangers freedom and young people