Latin
Omnia Mutantur, Nihil Interit
A classicist in No 10: Boris and his worldview
The Police Bill isn’t the threat to democracy the Left say it is
If you’re looking for the enemies of free speech, you’re looking the wrong way, argues Robert Poll
When England has lost its pubs it will no longer be England
The rural pub is becoming increasingly under threat, and with it, a key part of our national identity
Wilde encounters
The rambling and discursive nature of the writing lends Rupert Everett’s book an enjoyable appeal
Whites and wrongs
Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Cultural Violence and Cultural Restitution (Pluto Press)
Evensong at the end of the world
ASH Smyth sings choral evensong for Candlemas, in Stanley cathedral
Ask no questions, and you’ll be told no lies
The reaction to the BBC Woman’s Hour interview with Zara Mohammed exposes the cliquishness of contemporary feminists
Heroes, but not trans heroes: How two female artists defied the Nazis
Jeffrey Jackson’s lively and compassionate account plunges readers into the depths of the Occupation and the Channel Islands’ resistance movement
Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
All clapped out
Funnily enough, al fresco clapping and Government-mandated walks have lost much of their appeal in the bleak midwinter
Reclaiming the altar of wokery
Laurence Fox has better credentials for engaging with the woke generation than the average Tory MP