Jack Hobbs
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
The problem with EDI
Equality, diversity and inclusion policies are constraining free thought and dividing people
Puss in boots
Prepare for winter with full panto footwear
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
