English Culture
Walking the wild side of Merrie England
Revived folk customs are proud expressions of local identity and communal cohesion
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
California dying
The world’s dream factory now produces scenes from a dystopia
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Standing up for cultural freedom
We must follow the example of brave artists who oppose censorship
