Niall Ferguson
Roger Scruton finally makes his mark on Oxford
Niall Ferguson opens Roger Scruton memorial lecture series
The calamitous course of history
Reading Doom might not save us, but it leaves us with a better appreciation of the complex politics of catastrophe
Anatomy of disaster
The psychology of political incompetence is brought out well in Niall Ferguson’s Doom
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
The big Tory lie
They promised high-skill immigration. We got something else entirely
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Is Britain a Christian country?
The UK has an established religion alright — the worship of the self
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
The new medical misogyny
Female people are not small male people who lack penises
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance