The rediscovery of red Toryism
Could the Canadian Conservatives teach the Tories how to hold onto power?
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
The worm (re)turns
Dune: Part Two is in cinemas — and it’s more of the glorious same
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Discomfort Zone
I recommend The Zone of Interest with the greatest caution: it’s not an easy watch
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
