Samuel Pepys
In defence of reading diaries
We experience people at their most depressed and their most joyful; their most selfish and their most generous
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
Charli’s carefree bratitude
This is music for people who are tired of being careful
