Black country
Spotlight on the Black Country
BBC on the Black Country and on the passing of Michael Parkinson
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Amicus curAI?
The implementation of AI into the judicial process must be handled with care
