World Government or Peoples’ Governments?
As the nation state system falters, we are faced with a choice between centre and periphery
Money troubles
At stake is the fate of the most-watched football league in the world
The town besieged
During the English Civil War, towns were fiercely divided
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Do the arts need policy?
Decoupling creativity from policy might give art ambition again
Anger and intuition
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: String quartets 6, 13, 15 (Chandos)
Irreversible damage
Trans “healthcare” has been utterly discredited, but activists are undeterred by the evidence
The riots and the social media blame game
Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
