Cancelling mad men
What’s gotten into the Advertising Standards Authority?
Introducing Critical Mash
Our new arts podcast, broadcasting from the frontline of the (high) culture war
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
