Egg Donation
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Explaining reality to Ed Miliband
You can’t ban baking and eat cake
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
The blame, again, falls on Sinn Fein
The party responded appallingly to its press officer being accused of child sex offences
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
