The spirit of Liverpool’s stories
Liverpool’s at ease with itself, the south should be too
More Skullions, fewer Lady Marys
Why are university admission stories not about the admitters?
Oxford is fallen
What do they know of faith who only multi-faith spaces know?
A walk in the park
Can late Elizabethans do without Victorian vistas?
Return of the Dance of Death
Coronavirus may be sweeping the world but we’ve been here before
Christmas drinks
Fergus Butler-Gallie blesses that which unites church and pub
Is it time to get our thinking caps on?
Rev Steve Morris explains how we can repurpose the smoking cap away from the dandies and back to functional wear
Short cut to a Mob takeover
Today the multiply-tattooed Balkan war criminal look is popular
A touchline view of the Battle of Danny Boy
An apparent uptick in public interest about the British Army in Iraq includes a dramatic rendition of the Battle of Danny Boy and its aftermath
The pleasure of hating
Debates over what constitutes ‘hate speech’ reintroduce dangerous concepts of sin and morality into our common law
The Earl of Leicester vs Wells Harbour Railway
The debacle involving Holkham Estate and Wells Harbour Railway is the latest example of the cultural erosion of British towns
An incredible inventory
James Stevens Curl reveals how this new release provides amazing insight into the household of a well-heeled, cultured European in late eighteenth-century India
Is China heading for global empire or Soviet collapse?
Dan Blumenthal’s new book wants us to be pessimistic, realistic, and proactive
What a waste
Arlene Foster’s coulda, woulda, shoulda leadership of the DUP
Should sitcoms be resurrected?
If there is to be a Frasier revival, producers should learn from the mistakes of past spin-off shows
Race to the bottom
Although highly qualified, the views of UN race academics must be resisted