Mais Lecture
Blair is back. And so is Prudence
Labour will take a long view on borrowing in order to avoid being the party of big tax rises
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
Prepare for takeoff
Masters of the Air is a visually impressive aerial WW2 adventure with the potential to go far
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
