Manifesto for traditional elegance
Classicism’s enduring relevance and timeless appeal
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
England’s forgotten football dystopia
The beautiful game is not fit to be a national religion
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
