How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss post-war English towns, the drive for urban redevelopment, the rise of modernism, and the birth of new towns.
The development of English urbanisation
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward
It can be used to spread misinformation and abuse, yes, but it can also expose inconvenient facts
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
No Roman left a greater intellectual legacy than Augustine, whose writings shaped Christianity and the Western mind for more than a millennium
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
The Manchester man is going to face the same constraints as Keir Starmer
