Woke
Did Newton microaggress?
The government should stop supporting the EDI industry
Real social responsibility
Be wary of companies with public sector monkeys and a diversity officer on the board
The Welsh way of woke
Wales has an established church again: the religion of “anti-racism”
Publish and be cancelled
Unreadable and insufferable woke academics are boycotting the publishers that grudgingly print their inane work
From Worms to woke
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
Why is TalkTV failing?
Monotonous boomer bait creates apathy, not outrage
Private schools are a waste of money
Both Left and Right overstate their effect on educational ability and achievements in later life
Can Ncuti Gatwa save a tired franchise?
The new Dr Who is timely, not tokenistic
Trojan charities
Institutional drift leftwards does not have to be inevitable
Bring on the big beasts
Music needs heavyweight champions to stand up for truth and excellence
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
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
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning