Paul Kagame
Down in the DRC
How the west funds Rwandan-backed brutality in the Congo
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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
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Trump will not discredit Europe’s populist right
European populism is a lot deeper than mere Trumpism
Woke politics was never trivial
Wokeness was a lot more, and a lot worse, than a passing online fad
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?