Jonathan Ford
Jonathan Ford is a freelance writer. He tweets at @Grepsul
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor