Top Gun
Taking flight
Why planes make such a great setting for films
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
