The Long Hours: remembering David Oluwale
How one man’s English journey, begun in hope, turned into a nightmare
Before the Beautiful Game
Kester Aspden reflects on his football memories growing up supporting York City and Burnley FC
Havana heartbeat
How a stiff, gangly, middle-aged Englishman fell for the seductive rhythms of Cuba
We didn’t want to be poor no more
Growing up in the Eighties was a story of aspiration — and anxiety
Our courts must not be allowed to interfere with trade policy
New provisions in the Trade Bill run the risk of putting a serious spanner in the delicately balanced works of international trade
Is the National Trust losing the nation’s trust?
If the National Trust is tired of promoting “heritage” what can be done to remind it of its purpose?
What deal would be acceptable to most Brexit-supporting MPs?
How far will regulatory divergence be permitted and how will disputes be settled?
Can political biographies ever be any good?
Political memoirs can be essential, eye-popping reading if the subject is handled in the right way
A life in miniature
‘Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life’ is Brigitte Benkemoun’s discovery of the provenance of the address book and what it told her about the owner’s life
New rules
Policing the spirit of the law
Don’t look for any great departures in Biden’s domestic policy
The Republican opposition has no reason to enable any element of Biden’s agenda and every reason to oppose it
The end of the old school tie
Private education is under threat from Oxbridge quotas and soaring fees, to the detriment of bright scholarship pupils
Spare the rod
Spoiled beaks and free thought at Eton
The assassination of Soleimani
The Arab Spring didn’t amount to much, but when the US killed Soleimani last year it was a unexpectedly positive counterpoint