Peter Rickets
Why we’re in the state we’re in
Woolly thinking, cloudy expression, and the possibility that great matters are at hand: two books by a pair of Foreign Office grandees
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Correcting Cass’s critics
Attempts to intellectually discredit the Cass Review have completely failed
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
Finding the middle ground
Where do the acts too big for pubs but too small for arenas play?
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God