‘In 2019, as Britain faces the prospect of its first truly radical left-wing government, Conservatives are nowhere near frightened enough. If they were, they would defend the checks the British constitution and European law place on power ’

Unionists are threatened by an alliance of Remainers indifferent to the nation state and UK-loathing nationalists

‘Why is it unacceptable for white people to dress up as black, but harmless fun when men dress up as women?’

The United Kingdom is under strain as never before—but the cause is obsessive centralism, not the largely mythical ‘Celtic’ identities

'You are either awake — aware to the evils of the world and the one true path for dealing with them — or shamefully asleep. There is no room for discussion. You just have to wake up'

70 years of bravery, frailty, comedy and tragedy, immortalised on streets, railways, beaches and harbours

‘Merit' is a sham — paths that used to be available for the middle class have become blocked, and the gap between the one per cent and the rest is ever-widening

'The intimacy draws us into Blake’s world; his other-worldly figures begin to make sense in our world and its division, hypocrisy, faithlessness and faithfulness. He plumbs our depths, the worst and the best'

Which finale for Beethoven’s Op 130 should you pick— cheerful sonata-rondo or a fugue like no other?

'In the US, levels of religiosity are traditionally high. But Americans aren't somehow hard-wired to preserve their faith in a high-tech world. They are just behind the curve'