Sadiq Khan’s hot air on housing
The London Plan is bad for the capital
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
