Sir Michael Parkinson
Where are the Parkies of tomorrow?
In a risk averse world of fakes and phonies, the ever-authentic Sir Michael Parkinson is sorely missed
Healers who harm
Bad Therapy: Why The Kids Aren’t Growing Up by Abigail Shrier
The curse of “TERF”
The term is intended to dehumanise dissenting women
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
