Matthew Arnold
All sweetness and light
Two hundred years after his birth, critic and poet Matthew Arnold still has much to teach conservatives
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the forgetting of feminist principles
Single-sex toilets are essential if we are going to respect women’s personal space
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
Could there be a Reform revolution?
Reform’s Welsh Conference brimmed with optimism — but can that be translated into success?
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
