Utopia
William Golding and the curse of the dream
We must resist the lure of utopianism
Rodent utopia
Dropping out of the rat race
Britain must embrace the 40k mindset
Forget goblin mode, say goodbye to global Britain, and embrace your inner Ork
Brave and barmy new worlds
The solemn, febrile and deeply bonkers ferment of interwar modernism
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
