Conferences
Block votes and nutters
There was a time when the Labour conference really mattered, before it became a stage-managed platform for social media hits and soundbites
Loving the countryside
Its future must be rooted in affection
The three circles of hell
Today’s glossy big-city party conferences are even more nightmarish than the traditional grim trips to run-down seaside resorts
Why the Democrats cannot be populists
It goes against the managerial nature of the party
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Conservatives can no longer trust institutions
Institutions are only as effective as the people within them and the culture beyond them
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Booty contest
This book sets out to rebalance ahistorical narratives of how museum collections were constructed
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
