Much Ado About Nothing
Doctor in a spin
West End zingers on stage now
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
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
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Sugar, sex and sacrifice
It would be foolish to casually abandon Christian ethics of restraint
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
Are Labour the real racists?
Conservatives should stop trying to play the victim on identitarian grounds
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
