Economics
Real social responsibility
Be wary of companies with public sector monkeys and a diversity officer on the board
The wise gnomes of Zurich
Why is Switzerland’s rate of inflation so much lower than that of Britain and the USA?
Housing hypocrisy
The mainstream parties are betraying the aspirations of young people
Reasons for Rishi to be cheerful
Soaring inflation means the Chancellor can avoid an unpopular tax hike
Don’t mention the war
It’s wrong to cite the Ukraine conflict as the principal cause of soaring prices
Banks, bikes and choppers
Banks should be like activist investors and intervene early rather than pull loans hastily
The joys of getting down with the grandkids
Campaigners for inter-generational justice miss the mark
Why are there so few EU Rejoiners?
The case to re-join the EU is today much weaker than the case to remain was during the 2016 referendum
Australia is not a goldmine
Trade with Australia is good for Britain, but it can’t replace Europe
The leftist who saved Britain
Both Blair and Biden ceded power to left wing rivals; only one was a success…
Go woke, go broke?
The collapse of Vice Media is a story of an American left — aggressive, iconoclastic, irreverent — that no longer exists
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Murders for May
Killings in the new Japan, family feuds in India and the novel menace of AI
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
