The BBC’s worst mistake
A separate channel dedicated to British sport could have saved the BBC
The Golden Age of London (1980-2020?)
Is London on the verge of another phase of urban decline?
The games people play
‘This Sporting Life’ should be read by our managerial ruling class who dismiss what they do not understand as “populist” or “right-wing”
At last, I get to join the class war
Down with the mangies, the most craven and unfree of ruling classes
Good old New Society
It was a magazine whose influence extended beyond its readership
The joys of the virus
Can enforced idleness make us less stressed and more contemplative?
Waking up in Bardland
Fifty years of the RSC: Reflections in a time of corona
The psychopathology of international organsisations
What the IOC and FIFA can teach us about the EU
Cities risen from ashes
75 years after the Dresden bombings, Lincoln Allison discusses the raising of razed cities
Why the English should support Scottish independence
The irrational tendencies of human beings involves a confusion between sovereignty, property and identity
Queer as a Chocolate Orange
Dominic Green takes us through the history of the word “Queer”
Peace in our towns
Fiona Duncan loves the unexpectedly luxurious calm of a city break
A sequel too far
Brexit Academy: Assignment Miami Beach
Dominic Cummings’s 2020 vision
Why didn’t Dom do data?
It’s a Wonderful Life: the perfect Christmas film?
The 1946 classic is a timely reminder that affection and loyalty can surface in the most difficult of circumstances
Timelessness trumps timely
What we have is pure storytelling delight, a page-turner that works forwards and backwards as the reader fills in the gaps
“Left flanking or straight up the middle with bags of smoke?!”
Not another Armistice Day to get through. And what about all the other pressing issues for which there is no poppy?
What is the British Army for and where is it heading?
Will higher defence spending go on tech or boots on the ground?
Why we’re fighting the Welsh lockdown
The life which we must preserve is not just that of the body, but of the soul also
Mapping the past
The new edition of Tom Harper’s ‘Atlas: A World of Maps’ is an instructive as well as attractive volume