Marie Antoinette
Let them eat filberts
The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Michael Gove’s new definition of “extremism” is extremely silly
We cannot define such a vague term with such vague terms