Fatalism
“No happiness in life”: a very Russian outlook
How endless optimism can make it difficult when confronted with unpleasant choices
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
