Today Programme
Cheryl Partington
Media Don
Fisherpeople
Tears over Jordan Peterson’s book, The Sun goes woke and the BBC’s “fisherpeople”
The great inquisitor of Splott
John Humphrys’ A Day Like Today touches lightly on his early career, which is a shame
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
Hector Savage
How to account for this sudden access of celebrity?
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
Let’s give parents back control
We need a more pluralistic childcare sector
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
The ends of Pan-Africanism
An exhibition devoted to Pan-Africanism avoids important political and aesthetic questions
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree