Peter Applebee
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Allyship on easy mode
The inclusive message of Will & Harper obscures the harder questions of the “gender wars”
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Cultural appropriation is here to stay
So-called cultural appropriation is an American obsession, cheerfully ignored by a fast globalising world
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake