We have to rein in meddling councils
Local authorities have become overbearing and unaccountable
The death of the funeral
We abandon death rituals at our peril
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
The slow death of public spaces
Pointless regulations are sucking joy from British life
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Life as an accidental émigré
The coronavirus pandemic has birthed a new historically-specific group: the lockdown refugees
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Dignified design for the people
A book that asks all the right questions but hasn’t thought through all the answers
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Fast out of the blocs
how to acquire an
art collection quickly
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer