A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
The crisis at Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre
Serious as it is, it is no anomaly
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
How to be anti-woke without being weird
There is a thin but vital line to tread
