Nicky Spence
An end-of-the-world air
Martinu: quartets/Kapralova: songs (Supraphon/Chandos)
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action