The Importance of Being Earnest
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrage The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
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How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Don’t bet against the SNP
The complete ineptitude of their rivals has kept them at the top of Scottish politics
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Legal curiosities
The pursuit of justice in small or atypical jurisdictions has sometimes led to some unusual legal quandaries
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Britain needs the Med mindset
We have to adapt to the sweatier realities of a changing climate
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways