Julian Jessop
Julian Jessop is an independent economist and Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He tweets at @julianhjessop
Our public services are hamstrung by low productivity
The government must do more to help a sluggish state sector catch up
What Mark Carney got wrong
Sloppy analysis is especially disappointing from public servants
When the Left thought free trade meant peace
Socialists, communists and liberals were united by a conviction that free trade could, and would, promote democracy and justice
The Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford
Postmodernity perches precariously in the porter’s lodge
Whither the RIBA’s drawings?
Maverick John Harris embarked on the closest Britain has ever got to an architecture museum
Sunak of many colours
He has become all things to all people, that he might save some seats
Our attitude towards MPs is inconsistent
We hate career politicians, but we want politicians to focus entirely on their career
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
Daddy, what did you do during the Iraq war?
Don’t ask questions you do want the answer to, at least not where George Galloway is involved
Reasons to be cheerful
Ten things that are wonderful about British racing
Cancellation of a Brazilian artist
Dissenting opinions on transgenderism can inspire attempts to erase careers
The brighter side of German Expressionism
The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects
Bedlam bingo
Sex, death, sado-masochism and blasphemy in a heady cocktail