Diane Abbott
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
Food for Thought
The saga of the Rex Whistler restaurant and Tate Britain
The long march back
Despite losing full control of Labour, Momentum isn’t giving up
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Peston’s inbox
Kemi wants a correction, and Keir could appear on celebrity TV
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Robot dreams
Keir Starmer is very excited about AI, but does he understand it?
The sinister absurdity of Westminster City Council
White people are facing discrimination at the heart of British political life
Why the world could be more dangerous in 2025
The old order is breaking apart and bad actors are taking advantage
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
