John Dobinson
Fighting against lockdown
The group that projects messages onto Parliament is briefing MPs behind the scenes
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
The riots and the social media blame game
Politicians blaming social media for the riots are hiding from state failings
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
The unorthodox Englishness of Derek Jarman
The filmmaker was too complex to be reduced to a mere iconoclast
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
The war on women’s spaces
Roxanne Tickle’s legal triumph is nothing to giggle at
