Habits
All the things I have never done…
Joseph Connolly has never ridden a bike, drunk a pint of biiter or had a curry. Can you match his epic non-achievements?
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Turning a blind eye to a tilted playing field
Not only is it a page-turner, it’s also an essential manual for defending women’s sport
Immigration enthusiasts and problematic polling
New analysis made British voters look far more pro-migration than they are
All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Why Reform is rubbish
Its top-heavy structure and patchy talent mean it cannot seize a massive opportunity
