Busy doing nothing
Thomas Woodham-Smith adjusts to a gentler pace of conducting business
Secrets of Portobello
Thomas Woodham-Smith treasures a classic antiques street market
Friends old and new
Thomas Woodham-Smith doesn’t collect, he simply accumulates stock
On nodding terms
Thomas Woodham-Smith says the most vocal customers rarely buy
Wheeling and spieling
Thomas Woodham-Smith breaks the antique shop silence
Lovely legs, madam
Thomas Woodham-Smith on the sexed-up fantasies of the antique dealer
Swap till you drop
Thomas Woodham-Smith enjoys a great trade tradition
Closing the books
Thomas Woodham-Smith finds the latest research is online
Crowded House
Thomas Woodham-Smith juggles his work-life balance
A real show-stopper
Thomas Woodham-Smith is forced to pack up and go home
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
