Archives
Orson Welles and Lockdown’s Radio Renaissance
I’m listening to art made by dead people rather than DIY lockdown productions
Auntie Monopoly
It’s time to end the dominance of the state broadcaster
Why hasn’t Philip Larkin been cancelled?
When Larkin is inevitably denounced, I’ll be reading his forbidden work by torchlight
The Huawei rebels are still up for a fight
Many Tory MPs think the U-turn on Huawei does not go far enough
Excl: Liz Truss thinks No.10 leaked her letter
The Trade Secretary is privately unhappy with Downing St
Happy non-binary day!
How internet communities are validating the fragile egos of adolescents
Erdogan’s Hagia Sophia move
Turkey has gone from darling of the EU, to Germany’s worst nightmare
Miss Havisham on heroin
Natasha Green reviews Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, by Kate Griffin
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
This is what we amputated a limb for
A long-term historical perspective on Covid-19
Devilishly good
Liszt: Faust Symphony (Bis)
Doing shots
You can tell a lot about someone from their favourite Henry wife
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
The goose and the golden egg
The City of London Corporation arguably survives for one reason only: money
Illicit fun
Jonathan Leibowitz: Eastern Reflections (Delphian)
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
