Nicholas Stavy
No relationship with the keyboard
Pierre Boulez/Alfred Schnittke: Piano works (Naxos/BIS)
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
How to get Britain building
A new policy paper proves that the government can beat bureaucratic sclerosis if it wants to
A scarcity machine
Why Peckham residents should not celebrate development being blocked
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Jams, jellies and EU insanity
From toast to tungsten, the EU is an enemy of innovation
Givers and takers
Britain needs a fairer and more moral economic system
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?