The Arts
Against the new witch-hunt in the arts
Art, if it means anything, must be more than propaganda
Cultural institutions are offering kindergarten radicalism
Feel-good clichés are being embraced as revolutionary wisdom
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”
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
An anti-gambling bonanza
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The missing variable in the masculinity crisis
The literature on masculinity ignores the most obvious factor of all: a steady, civilisational fall in testosterone
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved