British constitution
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Lording it over us
Cameron may not be a welcome sight, but we should celebrate the return of peers to the cabinet
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
Would you trust PC Brother?
The use of unreliable facial recognition technology is growing without sufficient scrutiny or accountability
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
The publisher and the police
The case of Ernest Moret has drawn attention to a sinister abuse of power
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
X scandal
The fault lay in the dirty minds of the viewers, he said
Reform the police, don’t deform the police
The Met Police’s Gangs Matrix might have been flawed but it served an important purpose
