The battle for Chester
Lewis Baston on a borderland election battle
Wobbly Thursday
There are few worse times to conclude what the result will be than right now
Red sky at night, Corbyn’s delight?
How weather will affect the election result
Whither the Lib Dems?
The fate that awaits the Liberal Democrats after such an awful election
The realignment election
Can the Tories win enough old Labour seats to compensate their losses elsewhere?
Mining for votes
Lewis Baston on the link between coalfields and the 2019 election
Do Prime Ministers lose their seats?
There is no special place in the British electoral system for party leaders
Starting blocks
On the most important nomination stage in living memory
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
Our illiberal Terrorism Act
People should be censured for their actions and not for their beliefs
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
This vision glorious
Let us allow the glory of Easter to touch our daily lives
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
Decolonising science
Rewritten histories of science, outdated religious shibboleths and notorious omissions
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
