Lim Yunchan
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
Katharine Birbalsingh is wrong about religion in schools
Education should prepare us for the good life, not just good grades
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
