Just keep swimming
Those of us who partake in open air swimming should be allowed to return to this miraculous prophylactic
The man behind the Monster
Bernd Fischer and the need for precision
Decolonise … Maths?
Algebra and arithmetic in the modern sense were not due to the Greeks, writes Mark Ronan
Dark matters
Academics in this country need to allow new ideas rather than orthodoxy and group-think
All the news fit to post
Are Freedom of Information requests really being politically policed by the Cabinet Office?
Without fear or favour
The police have traded impartiality for the praise of special interest groups
Lessons of Bosnian war and peace
I’m still haunted by a murderous conflict the Western world ignored until it was too late
Homes fit for a post-Covid world
Tim Abrahams asks whether the crisis will prompt builders to create the type of houses we need
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?
The weather is racist
Standing to pee is transphobic, the police hire woke commissars and German activists re-name the weather
Giya Kancheli: Poetry of Silence (Gramola)
Kancheli’s miniatures grip you by the throat and won’t let you do anything else until it’s over
Why aren’t dogs social distancing?
Dogs spread risk, and owners spread dogs
Keep men out of women’s prisons
A judicial review has been brought to challenge HMPPS policy which allows men who identify as women to mix with female prisoners
“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?