Timothy Mowl
Timothy Mowl is an architectural and landscape historian
Lost elysium of the Cambridge Backs
One of Britain’s most celebrated views will soon be dramatically changed
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist