Artillery Row
The follies of human quantitative easing
British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
A time for restoration
An interview with David Starkey
The poverty of “Singapore-on-Thames”
Britain can take inspiration from other countries but it cannot merely imitate them
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
Struggles of a veteran matador
Familiarity can make the heart grow cooler, but greatness can still prevail
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
Higher education, lower standards
Why are our universities in decline?
A real pea souper
Rivers of filth bear our merry band to the grotesque wonders of Dickensian London
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Is the law going coconuts?
The acquittal of a pro-Palestine protestor on free speech grounds should not be a one-off
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
