Archives
In the public “I”
Instagram activism serves the self instead of solving the problem
Old TV keeps us grounded
What started as nostalgic escapism became much more
Sing when you’re sinning
Football may be the new religion, but it faces the same challenges as the old
The magic of the games
The Olympics have a weird and wonderful history
Marble Ah.
The new Marble Arch reminds me of that Cristiano Ronaldo statue
Letter from Washington: A grubby kind of normalcy
An ethical quandary surrounding Hunter Biden’s paintings points to a bigger problem
Disunited kingdom – and all the better for it
Boris Johnson’s ‘one great indivisible United Kingdom’ is neither one, nor indivisible, nor united
The revolution might not be televised
Brexit has been blamed for the decline of the British press, but the mainstream media was broken long before we left the European Union
Memorials to the fallen of Covid
An act of quasi-guerrilla commemoration
A Valhalla of remembrance
The National Memorial Arboretum is an ambitious landscape of trees and statuary — but does it work?
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Lily Phillips is a Rorschach test
Experience and behaviour are not solely reducible to consent
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Prince
Is he simply a desperate chancer, or a genuine threat to British interests?
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
A full-blooded blow-out
Kurt Weill: Symphonies, Seven Deadly Sins (DG)
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
