social realism
The geopolitical prescience of Handel
On opera’s flirtation with current affairs
Unionism has to wise up
In Northern Ireland, inaction is decline
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Living in the 80s
Did popular culture peak four decades ago?
The Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford
Postmodernity perches precariously in the porter’s lodge
Playing God with our grub
Hey, Public Health England, leave our food alone
Identity politics has undermined policing
Sir Mark Rowley should address the partiality of the police
Anti-Christian bias is rife in Employment Tribunals
If you’re Christian, you can no longer count on a fair hearing in workplace disputes
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
