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Parky’s great river of song
Michael Henderson on the old-fashioned music that the BBC doesn’t want us to hear any longer
The faltering heart of the BBC
Amongst the dearth of decent BBC Radio content, “Start the Week” is outstanding
A series of sharp transactions
Anne McElvoy on how LBC branch out into podcasting and American podcasters bid for their share of British ears
Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Broken windows
If small instances of disorder are neglected, greater ones will soon be committed
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China