Jordan Gray
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Procedural Man
The Process is good, the Process is correct, no matter what, trust the Process
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue