Freedom
Do you feel in control?
Seven years on from the Brexit vote, it is hard to feel independent
Lockdown lessons
People should have been allowed to manage their own risk
The abnormality of nannying
Why do we assume that lost freedoms are universal?
We’re all living in America
Britain’s elite is obsessed with Trump and the States, when it needs to concentrate on the Home Front
Fighting lies with lies
What depths will we need to go to in order to tackle disinformation in our own time?
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Is a guaranteed sale fair?
Auction house practices may be distorting the picture
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away
Faustian modernity
200 years ago, Goethe invented modern man
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
