perseverance
The new men’s rights movement
For gender-critical feminists, TRAs can sometimes feel like MRAs with a modern twist
The soullessness of “social mobility”
Underprivileged young people need culture, not just “skills”
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
Selected for greatness
Some men are born to greatness, others are parachuted into Tory safe seats
Rishi Sunak losing will be a blessed relief
The Conservatives should be put out of their misery
Remnant Rubens
A provincial folk artist offers an alternative view of Georgian society
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Too measured for its own good
Lukas Foss: 1st symphony &c (Naxos)
Losing the crowd
In bullfighting, audiences can be as tough as animals
Commonwealth citizens should not be allowed to vote
Newly arrived non-citizens being allowed to vote makes a farce of British democracy