Bosworth Field
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
Anti-industrial strategy
Manufacturing has been systematically devastated by successive governments
David Lammy’s Caucasus catastrophe
The Foreign Secretary’s blunder has exposed the hollowness of “progressive realism”
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots