Mangrove Nine
The trial of the Mangrove Nine
Steve McQueen’s dramatisation of the 1970 trial of the Mangrove Nine is a triumph
What are universities for?
The battle for British universities is not yet lost
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
The big bang
On the ecological repercussions and economic contributions of big shoots
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
The Conservatives should not cancel Christians
A Conservative party that demonises Christian convictions will cease to be conservative
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
