Green-fingers
Personal growth
Green fingers are not always innate, they can be acquired
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Make architecture art again
Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Cricket’s triple threat
Some have the granddaddy knack
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
Ridiculous research and irate academics (w/ Charlotte Gill)
Do we have the right to debate where our taxes are going?
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
