Alasdair Milne
Opiate of the masses
TV has become a branch of the pharmaceutical industry doling out heavy sedatives
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
