Publications
Two cheers for the LRB
The magazine that declares its main aim is to review books does anything but
Good old New Society
It was a magazine whose influence extended beyond its readership
Private passions in the public square
The ground shifts under leading American conservative thinkers like RR Reno
Reading for the bar
Courtroom memoirs reveal fascinating details of high-profile cases, waspish views of politicians, as well as a QC who solved a notorious murder
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Labour is killing British farming
Attacks on British agriculture must be resisted
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
What do Labour think a conversion therapy is?
There has to be a middle ground between complete denial and complete affirmation
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
