Public Health Act 1984
My amendment achieved its aim
greater scrutiny will act as a discipline on ministers and their advisers
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
The far enemy
The motivations for the 9/11 attacks are still misunderstood and moralised
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
