Artillery Row
Ozi the Orangutan is no Winnie-the-Pooh
A misguided attack on palm oil production is enough to make you facepalm
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Ireland’s forgotten wine history
Put down that pint glass and reach for a bottle
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Midlands marvels and mysteries
A fitting if flawed tribute to one of England’s more undersung counties
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile