Kevin Lygo
Pardonable sensationalism
Kevin Lygo’s ‘The Emperors of Byzantium’ revives the dynastic, top-down history deemed passé by academics
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
The soaraway success of scoops and smut
Tabloid sensibility wasn’t just about visual presentation, it was also about the way stories were written
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Rebus at the school of hard Knox
The tropes are popular, because they work
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
