Mark Rylance
Reason’s misrule
The revival of Jerusalem reminds us of a still-forgotten England
Rooster booster
Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it
A manifesto for the fun police state
The IPPR recommendations would do more harm to your freedoms than good for your health
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Unionism has to wise up
In Northern Ireland, inaction is decline
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
