Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
Out of Africa
You can say what you like about European empires, but they improved African cooking
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
A statement flower
The most fanatical have spent fortunes to find the rarest and finest of these blooms
