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Human nature
We must understand our vices as well as our virtues
Rich portrait of our island nation
Le Brun has written a study of Britain imagined, Britain as it recently was, and of Britain becoming
Comical in its excess
Boris Johnson’s last stand
Wakefield, Labour and cowardice
Enough of the silence and weasel words
Follow the ball
The British needs to embrace football
How to lose a culture war
Or a fast march through the institutions
Development hell
The war in Ukraine has ground to a stalemate
“No thinking, please, we’re British!”
Our politics needs more strategic intelligence
A window into the medieval mind
Heaven on Earth captures the extraordinary efflorescence of Gothic architecture in Europe
From stream to torrent
Is the existing football broadcasting model fit for purpose?
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
Why do we still have social housing?
A decade working in Social Housing taught me that the sector’s perverse incentives guarantee the perpetuation of the very poverty it exists to eradicate
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Chopping The Onion
It is neither brave nor clever to portray dissenting women as insane
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan