Benedict Spence
Benedict Spence is a freelance commentator who has written for The Telegraph, The Independent, The Spectator, City AM and elsewhere. He tweets at @BenedictSpence
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
The problem with football pundits
Why are we so often stuck with inarticulate ex-pros?
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life