Healthcare
Why is the government letting another quango mislead Parliament?
The PHSO misrepresents both inputs and outputs in pursuit of more funds and less litigation
Reconnecting health with beauty
Must new hospitals invariably be so ugly?
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
