Hearts and minds
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation