Britain
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
England is not yet lost
Where else would you rather be from?
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
The fallacy of “British values”
Nationhood cannot be reduced to abstractions
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
A land of delectable paradoxes
How H.V. Morton deepened and enriched British perceptions of Wales
J G A Pocock: the Antipodean’s view of Europe
John Pocock defended Britain in its broadest sense
The narcissism of the centrists
Why we should care less about Britain’s international standing
The sadness of Andrews
A grim new book about racism fails to make its case
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Keir-y-e-Liason
Rob tries to stay awake at the Liazzzzzzon committee
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
