Chariots of Fire
His race is run
ASH Smyth remembers Ben Cross, Harold Abrahams, and the impact Chariots of Fire had on his 10-year-old self
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
Restoring sanity takes time
So many people have built their professional lives around gender insanity
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
My husband and Zoe
Claudia Savage-Gore is irked by her man’s latest obsession
Behind the sofa government
Current Tory strategy consists in hiding and hoping the voters don’t notice the mess
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place