How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
The mate, mate, mate state
How managerialism absorbs masculinity
Heaven is where the chefs are British
In praise, and not just defence, of British cooking
A little less conversation
The UK is drowning in discourse
It’s not happening, and that’s why it’s good
The case for not Having A Normal One
Let the people smoke!
Life is boring enough without making it duller
The republican anti-aesthetic
The most uninspiring, mundane movement
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
Stop blaming Brexit for Britain’s economic ills
It is not only wrong — it distracts us from our real problems
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
