W.H. Auden
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan