Fortnum & Mason
We aren’t being served
The closure of Jenners of Edinburgh is an object lesson in how to kill the department store
The kindest of ghosts
A new history of childhood reading is a treasure
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
Wes Streeting made the grave error of consulting the British people
Fears for tiers
The British state must be impartial in the face of different outbreaks of criminality
