Rishi Sunak
Potemkin politburo
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
The bizarre fetish for “grown-up” politics
Is it enough to not be a child?
The ghosts of PMs past
No more smiles on a haunted Downing Street
Beam me up Rishi
Tory Leadership Contest II: The Wrath of Boris
Absolutely not Boris
His personality cult must end
It’s time to build prisons
Inadequate facilities hurt everyone
Constitutional curiosities
Where do Truss and Sunak stand?
Have the Tories forgotten Northern Ireland?
Its problems have not gone away
From RP to cock-er-ney
Why can’t politicians be themselves?
Let Thatcher rest
Toryism must face modern challenges with modern ideas
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
More shenanigans at the RIBA
Ideologues and marketers are ruining the Royal Institute of British Architects
Fighting lies with lies
What depths will we need to go to in order to tackle disinformation in our own time?
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
