A Bold Voice at a Miserable Time
A new life of Adam von Trott, executed for plotting to kill Hitler, rescues his integrity
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
“Comply With Compliance”
It was when I first heard the term "comply with compliance" that I started getting worried. Because I laughed, but the person I was speaking to did not.
British Prisons: Hotbeds of Radicalisation
Yesterday, the Quilliam Foundation (QF) released a report about Islamist radicalisation within British prisons. ‘Unlocking al-Qaeda' covers one of the most important and problematic areas of counter-terrorism and failure to take heed
“Alt-Classical”: Is This the Future?
Hot on the heels of James MacMillan's red-hot piece in these pages calling Emperor's New Clothes on Pierre Boulez, plus Dilettante Music's digital composer-in-residence contest, and Norman Lebrecht's poll of the living
Driving to Distraction
Clive Davis, at his recently rehomed blog which is now called Clive Davis' Confab, has posted a clip of Glenn Gould playing Bach, along with the remark that this particular piece has
Anwar al-Awlaki’s UK Network
Over the last few days, my co blogger Shiraz Maher has written a number of blogs about the UK supporters and apologists for pro al-Qaeda preacher Anwar al-Awlaki. Yesterday, I wrote a
A Victory for Free Speech
The government was roundly defeated last night on its attempt to remove a "free speech" defence from the law banning homophobic hatred.
Anwar al-Awlaki’s British supporters – Part 2
Today we focus on Cage Prisoners which likes to present itself as a human rights organisation campaigning on behalf of Muslim detainees.
BREAKING NEWS: ‘Yemeni authorities are hunting for Anwar al-Awlaki’
The radical American imam, Anwar al-Awalki, whose praise for the Fort Hood gunman, Nidal Hasan, we reported on this blog seems to have gone on the run. Not only did Awlaki declare
Anwar al-Awlaki’s British supporters – Part 1
Yesterday this blog revealed the encomium which Anwar al-Awlaki, an American citizen of Yemeni ethnic origin, showered upon Major Nidal Hasan after he murdered 13 US servicemen in Fort Hood. Alwaki is
Can We Say This?
A campaign to reform English libel laws will be launched today by two writers' organisations, Index on Censorship and English PEN.
A world of walls?
Israel has one - but have you heard about the others? Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall. During that time scores of other barriers and walls