Children
Plane English
On pyjamas and private jets
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
A statement flower
The most fanatical have spent fortunes to find the rarest and finest of these blooms
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
