Rick Jones
The Isles are Full of Big Noises
The Orkney islanders have their doubts about Scottish independence
Musical Metternichs
At the Grafenegg outdoor music festival, funded by the Metternich family, on its third anniversary
Evil, on the Face of It
Behavioural predilections are all in the mind, but we still judge each other by physical appearance
Out of the Twilight Zone
An exhibition of WG Sebald’s archives offers an intriguing view of the late UK-based emigré German writer’s life and loves
Carrying water for freedom
Hong Kong’s protestors are brave and, so far, successful. The Chinese Communist Party leadership must be kicking itself
Discussions with a stone wall
Britain’s main gay rights organisation is risking its own future by adopting gender self-ID as its new cause
In the heartlands of white-flag academia
When I tried to find out why my pro-Brexit article was turned down I was rebuffed — showing the intellectual conformism of universities