The idea of the countryside Pt. 2
English rural life in theory and practice Pt. 2
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
Going off script
The only thing worse than Kemi Badenoch’s scripted questions are her unscripted questions
The dangerous rise of egg harvesting
Women should not be encouraged to undergo a dangerous and unnecessary procedure
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Kemi’s men of mystery
The second tier Conservatives had a chance to shine
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
