Tim Congdon
All sound and fury
No politician has the endurance, let alone conviction, to upend the Whitehall orthodoxy
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
One year later
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, the gender argument is not going anywhere
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
The malicious and the mad
Two recent productions offer two different perspectives on dark sides of masculinity
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust