Coventry
In praise of the Midlands
The Midlands are hurried through, unappreciated on the way to somewhere else
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Leader of the year™
Might match-fixing explain Kemi Badenoch’s questions at PMQs?
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
