EJ Hobsbawm
Why are we so interested in Historians?
The historians we love wrote about Big History at a time when Britain mattered
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
An elusive eatery
Total failure, redeemed by souvlaki and chips at the kebab stand
Food pairing is folly
A warning against trying to match wine to dish
Tolerating the intolerant — and the intolerable
The right’s refusal to confront political Islam has helped entrench it in Britain
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The ballad of Robbie and Harry
Sometimes, the struggle can become the art
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge