Teachers
Badenoch’s guidance is a classic Tory fudge
It clarifies far less than it leaves confused
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
