QC
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
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
The West needs more decisive diplomacy
Diplomatic vacillation is enabling the spread of armed conflict
