In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
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The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Scandalous but Scottish
Why Scotland experienced another yellow wave
Deciphering the royal dress code
Fashion, in royal hands, became a form of branding
The government must curb its appetite for junk policy
The “junk food advertising ban” is indigestible nonsense
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
AI podcasts give me the creeps
The more we outsource to AI, the more forgettable our cultural output is going to be
Hope and stories
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Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways