Election 2019
The ghost of busses past
The perception that Boris Johnson is an incontinent liar helps Labour to get away with its own misinformation
The battle for Chester
Lewis Baston on a borderland election battle
Wobbly Thursday
There are few worse times to conclude what the result will be than right now
The Case for defence
The Conservatives can hardly claim to be the friend of the armed forces
Whither the Lib Dems?
The fate that awaits the Liberal Democrats after such an awful election
Is Scottish Conservatism heading south?
Graham Stewart on why a lot of ‘Cons Holds’ are actually too close to call
The realignment election
Can the Tories win enough old Labour seats to compensate their losses elsewhere?
Caught in the class war crossfire
Independent schools stand to lose, whoever wins the general election
Block Boris!
There is a risk that if Boris Johnson receives the most votes he might actually win. This is unacceptable
Mining for votes
Lewis Baston on the link between coalfields and the 2019 election
Copland, Nielsen, MacMillan: Clarinet concertos (Delphian)
Of all clarinet concertos, including Mozart’s, Aaron Copland’s is Norman Lebrecht’s favourite by a Siamese smile
Are the Bee Gees Britain’s most underrated band?
The Bee Gees have always been a target for mockery, but by force of talent and ambition, they managed to define the age around them
Why the narrative on Britain’s role in the slave trade is misleading
Britain’s bleak record with the slave trade makes a horrible story, but it is one not helped by getting it wrong
The Golden Age of London (1980-2020?)
Is London on the verge of another phase of urban decline?
Dominic Cummings and the illusion of control
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how woefully mistaken Cummings’ hopes were for lasting civil service reform
Dominic Hilton’s Buenos Aires diary 2.0
The second instalment of Dominic Hilton’s Buenos Aires diary covers his first meal out in 10 months and how the Argentinian capital has been infiltrated by communists
Boiling the bioethical frog
Have we passed the point of no return? The Covid Physician warns against crossing the bioethical Rubicon
Is live music in Britain doomed?
It would be little short of a tragedy if our music industry ends up being finished off by the mismanagement of a a vulgar little virus
Presser is not short for presents
Imagine an Advent calendar with nothing behind the numbers, forever
Professionalism is a two-way street
The lobby’s mysterious lack of solidarity with Nadine White