Book of the Year
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Prom-lematic
Landlords, Lammy, “Land of Hope and Glory” and other questionable phenomena
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
Illicit fun
Jonathan Leibowitz: Eastern Reflections (Delphian)
Britain needs an actual leader of the opposition
Rishi Sunak is doing nothing to hold Keir Starmer to account
The problem with precarity
Professional insecurity is harming workers and institutions alike
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism