World Economic Forum
We’ll always have Davos
It’s been failing every year since it began but we do need it — or something like it
The new Scotland
Scottish culture is narrowing and secularising under the influence of a strident liberal elite
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
