The odd couples
Against the Prime Minister/Chancellor diarchy
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
