New Zealand
The meaning of Jacinda Ardern
Expect soggy authoritarianism from elite darlings
The veneration of Saint Jacinda
Ardern’s career is a foretaste of a quieter and less frightening world in which workplace feminism has triumphed
Policing art is a slippery slope
The hunger for policing thoughts as well as bodies hasn’t been eradicated, as recent events in New Zealand show
New Zealand’s election & the nation’s mother
ACT’s former leader explains why in Saturday’s general election the free market party is likely to see its best ever result
Year’s mind: James Small and the 1995 Rugby World Cup
ASH Smyth reflects on South Africa’s historic 1995 Rugby World Cup win
Leave the EU to be the EU
CANZUK doesn’t need to copy anyone or force anything
Why is the Anglosphere hated?
CANZUK deserves debate, not character assassination
Can the Anglosphere be saved?
CANZUK is a better idea than British advocates have yet articulated
Paging Uncle Joe
A workable CANZUK might be illiberal and unAmerican
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
