Matthew Arnold
All sweetness and light
Two hundred years after his birth, critic and poet Matthew Arnold still has much to teach conservatives
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
