Media
Politics is not downstream from culture
Against Top Gear conservatism
A plagiarism success story?
Whatever happened to due diligence
Mental illness does not fit your easy narrative
Sanitisation is not acceptance
Why can’t our media grow up?
We should be a lot more careful if war is at stake
The bizarre fetish for “grown-up” politics
Is it enough to not be a child?
Meloni is no fascist
Media hysteria distorts our understanding of European politics
King Charles and the Jacobin Right
A strange and convenient about-turn
Good mourning Britain
I Vow To Thee My Story
Charley Coutts: celebrity interviewer
From Nick Cage to De Niro
The Great Awokening of British media
New research throws light on how the media landscape is being transformed
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
On She/Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Yousaf resigns and Lavery is maligned in another weird week of Scullionbait
