Ophelia Payne
Ophelia Payne writes from London
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing