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The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
This England
We should celebrate the glorious wartime cinematic masterpiece that Churchill wanted to ban
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
