Belcombe Court
The cat in a hat
A colourful glimpse into a dramatic feast of sex and death
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Stolen moments
Smoking is a precious social currency in a fast atomising world
