Irritatingly glib take on a golden year
Stanfield adds little to the history of rock that hasn’t been said better elsewhere
A matter of National concern
This year’s race will come close to destroying its magic
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
It’s the only one for me, nicotine
Once again, public health fanaticism is being prioritised over simple pleasures
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
