Charles Spencer
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
