Diaries
A chip on his shoulder
The diaries of Chips Channon
In defence of reading diaries
We experience people at their most depressed and their most joyful; their most selfish and their most generous
Perceptive, witty and sure of himself
Beyond the embellishments of Alan Duncan’s private diaries lies a body of work making serious points about the role of parliament
World-class snob, first-class diarist
Andrew Roberts says that in these diaries, Channon takes snobbery to a truly pathological level
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
