Nantes Cathedral
Seeing France through the ruin of her past
Nantes cathedral did not burn alone
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?