Childhood
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
Elegy for the phoneless youth
The lost romance of growing up without the internet
Idiot voters
Badenoch’s team aren’t idiots. Not like the voters
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Gyles Brandreth’s bon mots
An obsession with linguistic and historical marginalia has infected British culture
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
The Windsor Framework must fall so that Brexit can live
The EU (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill can restore the integrity of the United Kingdom
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
