Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
Who to free — killers or rapists?
The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
