The Chocolate Soldier
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The malignant mediocrity of managerialism
A country ruled by lawyers and HR managers will be culturally desiccated and politically sclerotic
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Whip smart
Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
A love-hate affair
Finger-lingering over hideous fluffy lilac footwear