In praise of ageing handymen
The quiet comforts of local community
In praise of borrowed ideas
AI will not be the death of creativity, and could even enhance it
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
In praise of the viola
Cantabile: Anthems for viola (Delphian)
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
