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An epidemic of misguided moralising
The difference between vaccine sceptics and advocates is not as great as it appears
Bring on the big beasts
Music needs heavyweight champions to stand up for truth and excellence
G.K. Chesterton and the pandemic
The prince of paradox predicted the absurdities of Covid lockdowns
Frederick the Great and the rise of Prussia
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about the role of Prussia in the eighteenth century
Herbert Butterfield: A prophet for our age?
The Whig interpretation of history explains much that is malignant in modern progressivism
Do we really need so many stage adaptations of novels?
There’s much that can go wrong when the drama of a book is transferred to the stage
What is truth? The ethics of memorials
A poorly-researched rush to judgement in both Oxford and Cambridge may not have served campaigners well
Red meat week?
Boris Johnson is reduced to conducting his publicity tours in secret
Supporting multiculturalism is the natural conservative position
Attacking it attacks the very essence of Britishness
The magical LGBTQ+ myth factory
The LGBTQ+ lobby is making up “scientific” facts to win arguments
Atticus updated
A new Mockingbird is masterful