The Clash
The year the music died
It was 40 years ago today: the magnificent swansong of rock and roll
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
Farewell, knights errant of the road
Once one of London’s most distinctive tribes, cycle messengers are a dying breed
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Are all Christians monks?
George Guiver’s book exudes down-to-earthiness, bordering on irreverence
Why shouldn’t we discriminate against people’s beliefs?
It is not the same as discriminating on the basis of race or sex
