Had cake, ate cake
Why Boris won’t allow other people to enjoy the things he has
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Badmissions procedures
Putting decisions in the hands of non-specialist administrators fails students and universities
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
No golden years
A tragedy in four words: Baby Boomer, still working
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Elon Musk versus the EU
A high-level dispute has major implications for online freedom
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
