Artillery Row

A good read but variable as history

A Short History of London is good on architecture but a more sophisticated analysis is needed

Bad television is good for democracy

This election has broken the aura and expectation accorded to TV debates

History man

Reflecting on a life in a British university

Wrexham Roulette

Corbyn and the entire party will have to be on best behaviour for Labour to win here

The ghost of busses past

The perception that Boris Johnson is an incontinent liar helps Labour to get away with its own misinformation

The battle for Chester

Lewis Baston on a borderland election battle

Wobbly Thursday

There are few worse times to conclude what the result will be than right now

Red sky at night, Corbyn’s delight?

How weather will affect the election result

Cancel the Turner

It looks like it was made by artists who don’t like art and chosen by judges who don’t either

The Case for defence

The Conservatives can hardly claim to be the friend of the armed forces