Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas and cancel culture
Do we believe all stories as true, or presume innocence until proven guilty?
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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
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Will London fall?
If the Greens take London, what might happen to policing?
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
AI and the Jefferson Option
Eighteenth-century advice on surviving the AI apocalypse
The last true Kapellmeister
Chaotic in all things except music, where he demanded precision and gave his all
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
Election objections
Andy Burnham doesn’t need a general election mandate
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense