Stakeholders
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Eroticism contra porn
Sex scenes should be salvaged from hardcore pornography
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
Jerry Seinfeld is wrong about comedy
Wokeness has exacerbated the decline of sitcoms and stand-up, but it is not the cause
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
