Sir Thomas Beecham
The meaning of life itself
Sir Thomas Beecham: Complete stereo recordings (Warner)
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Britain’s mutilated constitution
We must restore the old to build the new
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
The excesses of intellectual illiberalism
Justified dissatisfaction with liberal modernity has curdled into something alarmist and authoritarian
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Censors create martyrs
Starmer has stumbled onto the fastest way to increase Hasan Piker’s audience
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid