Ernest Bevin
The road to Hartlepool pier
The bourgeoisification of Labour isn’t new. It was catalogued in Orwell’s scabrously entertaining dissection of socialism
Can Labour learn to love the market?
As state socialism advances on all fronts, what is Labour’s real electoral future?
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Teaching leftists about tax
Sometimes, an argument about economic policy is like an oil spill
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
