Empaths
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Slavery did not create Britain’s wealth
A bogus narrative is obscuring history and diminishing our national pride
Sunak of many colours
He has become all things to all people, that he might save some seats
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked