Rudyard Kipling
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
Kipling and Sinatra in Burma
The words Kipling chose should not be cancelled even if Frank Sinatra had a bit too much fun with them
‘You’ll be a Man, my son!’
Rudyard Kipling’s (in)famous poem “If” reverberates with valuably relevant and humane advice for 2020 Britain
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
Foxy old Labour
Going after private schools would be an act of pointless institutional vandalism
The new men’s rights movement
For gender-critical feminists, TRAs can sometimes feel like MRAs with a modern twist
Pop on a party hat
Jazz up your wardrobe with perfect headwear
New life for a dying trade
The book world is on its last legs. So how we can bring it back from the dead?
How to make marriage less taxing
We should let young couples keep more of their own money
Are the grown ups really back in charge?
Centrist commentators are wallowing in limp clichés instead of asking serious questions about policy
Women can have short hair, too
Pseudo-progressives are resurrecting gender stereotypes
What future for Winchester Cathedral Choir?
The choral tradition in the cathedral must be enlivened rather than diluted
A lawyer in Number 10
What of prime minister-in-waiting Keir Starmer’s views on legal issues?
The stories of a cemetery
There is much to learn about human life in a graveyard
