Back to school: The urgent need for normality
In the obsession with infection metrics, we seem to have lost sight of what’s important about school itself
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
The goose and the golden egg
The City of London Corporation arguably survives for one reason only: money
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Plague and progress
In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
