Bureaucracy
“No thinking, please, we’re British!”
Our politics needs more strategic intelligence
Falling out of love with London
Bureaucrats are degrading England’s capital
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping