Cows
The birds and the beef
Far from being an ecological enemy, cattle-grazing encourages natural diversity and helps in the battle to save some of our most endangered species
Lily Phillips and the importance of feeling
We must remain sensitive to unspoken pain
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement