St John’s Voices
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Best bets for Cheltenham
My racing tips for Cheltenham
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
