Google has a history problem
As much as we might wish that history had been different, virtue cannot grow from the soil of falsehood
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
