The Ivy
Creeping mediocrity
A dismal lunch at a chain restaurant woefully short of theatreland glamour
Murders for August
From killers down under to death across the pond
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
The spectre of dissent
Authoritarian impulses have taken root in the British state, as Keir Starmer continues to crack down on speech online
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
