Niccolò Machiavelli
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
J.K. Rowling is honest, not “nasty”
Attempts to discredit the author are increasingly pathetic
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
Elegy for the phoneless youth
The lost romance of growing up without the internet
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
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