Vatican
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
Humza Yousaf, global citizen
Britain needs one, and only one, foreign policy
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Cultural Christianity and the vulgar wisdom of memes
Dawkins is caught between the pure idea of rationalism, and the messy meme of cultural Christianity
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture