The Woman in Black
The legacy of The Woman in Black
Susan Hill’s story remains one of the most pervasively unsettling tales in the English ghost story tradition
Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy
Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?
Are the grown ups really back in charge?
Centrist commentators are wallowing in limp clichés instead of asking serious questions about policy
We need to protect our digital rights
The curbing of dissident speech online should be opposed
Peers but not equals
Ferdinand Ries: Symphonies 1&2 (Ondine); Franz Clement: Solo violin works (Naxos)
Manifestos, multiculturalism and the British millet system
Competing communitarian manifestos provide a dark glimpse into Britain’s future
For realism, against Scottish nationalism
Progress depends on rejecting the delusions of independence
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Is Beer the solution to all of life’s problems?
The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions — And How The World Lost its Mind. By Dan Davies
A rollicking, great Kiss Me Kate
Musical and artistic brio can transcend the “problematic”
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
The porn Olympics
Porn puts young men and women in a degrading race that most of them are doomed to lose — so why are athletes lending it credibility?