Farming
Strawberry fields? Never
The idea of toughening zoomers up with hard labour is a pointless fantasy
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Loving the countryside
Its future must be rooted in affection
Starving for a good argument
Henry Dimbleby’s new book doesn’t hit the spot
Dutch courage
Why is the Farmer Citizen Movement succeeding?
I’ve got a brand new combine harvester
City lawyer turns rural heartthrob as Keir Starmer woos the farmers
The birds and the beef
Far from being an ecological enemy, cattle-grazing encourages natural diversity and helps in the battle to save some of our most endangered species
As easy as pie plant
How to pamper your rhubarb patch
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Where are the calls for blasphemy laws coming from?
We should consider the voters as well as the politicians
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
