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?
All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
Are Labour the real racists?
Conservatives should stop trying to play the victim on identitarian grounds
