Marriage of Figaro
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Why there will probably be no early election
It would be all but impossible to build an attractive but realistic manifesto
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works
Sport’s regime changes
Canadian snooker has gone the way of Hungarian table tennis
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Exile and exaltation
Bohuslav Martinu: The Symphonies (Deutsche Grammophon)
The man who defied the ministry
Tom Rolt, whose rescue of the Talyllyn Railway provided a model of how we can stand up to the homogenistion of our culture
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable