The censor returns
New Lord Chamberlains are policing the stage with puritan zeal
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Weaponising weasel words
Gender theory is built on shallow euphemisms
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
The Golden Age of jockeys
Ryan Moore is most racing professionals’ idea of the best jockey in the world
The dark horse of Durban
The work of Roy Campbell does not deserve to be ignored
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
Imagine there’s no Labour
It’s easy if you try
Starmer the farmer
The Labour battle bus rolls into bucolic England
The final death of left v. right?
Old political categories are losing their value
The best we can hope for
Brilliant psychologist Daniel Kahneman died this year
