Career
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Dream teens
Promise is no guarantee of a long career
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
The bad old days
The “golden years” of publishing were characterised by booze, bullying and amateurishness
Meeting the masses
With scant audiences and paltry remuneration, author’s tours can be far from glamorous
No university for young men
Higher education no longer offer a bright future
Dreams or delusions?
Why following your dreams can be a nightmare
Show me the money
Why do authors so often have such difficulty extracting the fees they are owed?
A cautionary tale
The lot of the writer today is one of insecurity, wounded pride and dwindling returns
The false choice of feminism
The secret to liberation is becoming a man
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
The cost of dissent
Brave women have sacrificed a lot to stand up for their gender critical beliefs
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
