Sir Thomas More
Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law
Punishing anyone before they have even been convicted of anything makes me uneasy
The facts and the fury
Feeling strongly about an issue is a dangerous justification for mob action
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
Our first Catholic prime minister?
Andy Burnham’s religious background has a subtle but deep historical significance
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Self-inflicted misery
Super troupers
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines