The time is ripe for innovation
Natascha Engel reviews How Innovation Works, by Matt Ridley
The wrong sort of difficult
Natascha Engel reviews Difficult Women, by Helen Lewis
Labour’s fork in the road to victory
If Labour appeals primarily to young progressive urban supporters, can it win back traditional working class communities?
Labour’s recovery will begin by returning to its roots
It’s organisation and closeness to community, not a magic policy solution, that will rejuvenate Labour
At the court of parliament’s aristocracy
Rank and rules are pulled at the Liaison Committee “super group”
Restore, renew or start again?
The debate on Parliament’s refurbishment won’t be resolved until we decide how much we want to change it
Two Britains
Former Labour MP Natascha Engel says the country divides on our relationship with HMRC
The Zoom Parliament is here – but hopefully not to stay
Remote voting may encourage MPs to be more independent, but politics is necessarily a team sport
A vengeful pursuit of political power
Natascha Engel reviews Unspeakable by John Bercow
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
Idiot voters
Badenoch’s team aren’t idiots. Not like the voters
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
When real Rivals fought over TV
The hit adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s novel reflects the ITV franchise battles
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Fear and loving
Cricket in the West Indies has not been the same since the loss of Malcolm Marshall
