decline
Dover’s soul
A neglected town has a rich and gritty heart
Should towns live forever?
Sometimes a place should be allowed to decline
The idol of the age
The right should grasp the nettle of equality
Mental healthing ourselves to death
Our discourse has brought more confusion than clarity
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
The king and the boss
Turkish President Erdoğan is no fan of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu — and vice versa
Britain will not be a “Christian country” without Christians
Traditions die if there is no one to cherish them
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Death in the shadows
The sad case of Sudiksha Thirumalesh
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Portugal must be more than an EU vassal
As elections approach, can Portugal break the stultifying hold of a progressive, big state worldview?
