Coronavirus Act 2020
My amendment achieved its aim
greater scrutiny will act as a discipline on ministers and their advisers
If Brady is blocked – what next?
Conservative backbenchers are considering their options
Graham Brady’s Covid rebellion has the numbers to succeed
Tory MPs are ready to rebel against government by decree
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Against gorpcore
We have to develop and embrace aesthetics that inspire the imagination
We’re all living in America
Britain’s elite is obsessed with Trump and the States, when it needs to concentrate on the Home Front
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
