Hard Lockdown
Normal politics resumes
From Hard Brexit to Soft Lockdown, Boris Johnson is keeping most of his natural support with him
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead