The madness of giving activist charities public money to oppose government policy

Recalling a thrilling collaboration between the poet and a group of oddball musicians

The Succession problems of family-run firms

The callous destruction of an ancient city in the name of efficiency, modernity and a failed utopian vision of “the Good Life”

An author of seriously funny plays

Henry Green had a strange and distinctive talent

The closure of grammar schools entrenched privilege

The curious case of a carefully-tended article about a controversial academic

Can history teach us anything about growing Sino-American tension?

Our shallow and insincere public discourse pales by comparison to the bitter, but profound, politics of the Edwardian era