Shameless Opportunist
A circuit break to the consensus
Does Starmer attacking government policy make it harder or easier for Tory rebels?
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Get rid of Rishi
Sunak hanging on can only make things worse for the Conservatives and worse for Britain
Renewing academia
The Centre for Heterodox Social Science represents a positive alternative to a field increasingly dominated by progressive ideology
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
The dangerous excesses of breaking boundaries
There is a double standard on trans people and violence
