The Arts
The state of the arts (w/ Pierre d’Alancaisez)
Can art still be essentially and not just instrumentally valuable?
No second coming for the arts
Labour will finish the Tories’ work of destroying the arts – only “better”
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first