Sonia Gandhi
The man who reinvented India
On 99th anniversary of PV Narasimha Rao’s birth it is time to rehabilitate a traduced politician
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Free speech freeze-up
Reactions in Britain to the attempted suppression of NatCon suggest a bleak future for freedom of speech and thought
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated