How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss the decline of waterways in the 20th Century as competing transport systems vie for government support and investment.
Entering the golden age of canals
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
The glitzy LA supermarket chain and the Buddhist food cult behind your wellness smoothie
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
Speed and sophistication once shared the same side of the street
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango
