Australian Politics
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
What women have lost
How can women focus on traditional feminist issues when spiteful men are demanding to be included?
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
Labour’s favourite banker
Questions can be asked about the relationship between the Labour Party and Anthony Watson
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Crossroads of history
Cyprus is an island of contradictions, and the more we learn about it, the more paradoxical it becomes
Duke of deception
Duke Wolff was a real life Gatsby, a brilliant, flamboyant faker whose lies left a legacy of both devastation and fascination for his children
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
