Artillery Row

Power, money and the English city

The development of English urbanisation

This isn’t about me

Who? Me? A future Conservative Party leader? Well, if you say so…

Lockdowns and the problem with science-based policy

Evidence in politics is great, but what evidence and to what ends?

Labour won’t survive unless it boosts living standards

People need hope that things can eventually get better

Sport, strength and pseudo-feminism

We should expose the emptiness of femininity compared to femaleness

Messing with the master’s work

Beethoven: Emperor Concerto; Brett Dean: A Winter’s Journey (Orchid)

The scourge of EDI

It is patronising, divisive and anti-meritocratic

Murders for July

The most gripping and grisly detective novels of the month, from Devon to Orkney

Ukraine’s dangerous friends

The embattled nation must resist the siren song of possible NATO membership

The Conservatives must repent and rebuild

The Tories have to put themselves in a position to exploit Labour weakness