National Anthem
Against the useful idiots
Why ‘God Save The Queen’ matters too
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
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 greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
Are Labour the real racists?
Conservatives should stop trying to play the victim on identitarian grounds
