Sounding Board
The baddies who don’t know they are
A process of dehumanisation enables the savagery unleashed during the October 7 pogrom
Clothes maketh the nation
How servants of the Crown dress is not trivial. It refl ects Britain’s decline
Human nature
We must understand our vices as well as our virtues
Turbulent priests
How should the clergy best engage in politics and public disputes?
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
