Finance
Fear Ireland’s shadow banks
The Emerald Isle is ripe for a volatile market correction
London has lost its soul
National renewal must start with the capital
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Playing the long game
Rishi Sunak misjudged the electorate by prioritising tax cuts over the country’s future
Money troubles
At stake is the fate of the most-watched football league in the world
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
The City’s lights are dimming
The Square Mile is increasingly at risk of becoming an irrelevance
Should we love the British economy we have?
As another UK steel mill closes, Stephen Bush’s plea for a white collar love-in felt ill-timed
“Reputational risk” is rot
Business is obsessed by this pseudoscientific nonsense
In search of forgotten heroes
The Church has consigned to oblivion those who risked all to end the slave trade
Booty contest
This book sets out to rebalance ahistorical narratives of how museum collections were constructed
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
Medieval treasures of Germany
Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations
Dance with the devil
Should a museum be a venue for the display of works of art for sale?
Dungeons & Dragons made me
Was I a pudgy kid clutching pencils and a dice, or Dar Strongrip exploring a cursed castle?
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
