Knowledge
Dumbed-down democracy
“Public opinion” is useless when the public is largely ignorant
Let’s put experts in their place
Expertise is important but so are its epistemic and moral limits
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Strange new world
A new art history hinges on a proleptic reading of Edwardian history
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
Unholy war
The Kremlin’s actions contradict its image of itself
Day of judgement
The judges were determined to maintain the honour of France; it almost worked
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)