Music Lessons
Uncommon entrance
Hector’s Common Entrance is looming
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
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 dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
Web of lies
We can combat misinformation with scepticism and content provenance technology
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
Shock of the new
There is a difference between innovation and a gimmick
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
A right to protest?
The right to dissent is often at odds with the will of the mob
