“No happiness in life”: a very Russian outlook
How endless optimism can make it difficult when confronted with unpleasant choices
Clap for the modern gods
Once people prayed for rain or for sun. Now, we pray for our NHS
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
