Uighurs
Bad law in a good cause
Who should determine Britain is trading with a genocidal regime – international judges? British judges? Or the British government?
The danger of rewriting history
There is a concerted attempt to reconstruct what children are taught about their history
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Having a bad Bey
If you’re going to jettison the essence of the song, why even bother?
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Self-ID versus survivors
Traumatised women deserve to know that they can be supported by women
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
C. L. R. James and the majesty of cricket
The West Indian writer and historian knew that cricket is far more than merely a sport
Moral progress has happened not because of, but in spite of woke activism
People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances