Desert Island Disc
Bragg shows what is possible
A show worth the licence fee by itself
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Rehabilitating an Edwardian genius
The sheer scale and diversity of Lutyens’ output is mind-blowing
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
