Greggs
Menace of the vegan militants
What you eat is just a lifestyle choice, not a way to save the world
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Scary cute
CUTE, a new exhibition at Somerset House is a deliciously unsettling stroll down the uncanny valley
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
A wilting wallflower
A once ambitious civic project has devolved into the chaos that is London Wall West
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
