Culture
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
How should we teach about the Holocaust?
Keir Starmer’s social engineering aims seem ill-conceived
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Pornhub exposed
The tenth most visited website in the world was effectively castrated by a middle-aged American mum
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
