Reform UK Scotland
How many unionist parties does it take to fix the SNP?
With Reform UK and Alliance for Unity, five pro-union parties are lining-up to fight the SNP – and each other.
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
How trans activists captured the hate crime agenda
The “hate crime” agenda is based on bad policing and worse politics
Doubting the new Ireland
The more traditions have been deconstructed, the more people have experienced a sense of loss
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure