Transfer Season
Finnish on a high note
The biggest symphony orchestras are in need of music directors: but who’s in the running for the top spot?
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
The left-wing defence of free speech
A recent book mounts a rare and powerful, if partly flawed, case for free expression from the Left
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
Seeing through Judith Butler
Very little substance lurks within the obscure prose
Britain should stand up to Mauritius
The British Government must make it clear that it will not allow a foreign country to threaten British citizens
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos
