Land
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
How the West fell out of love with mass migration
Restrictionist opinion is breaking through the establishment cordon sanitaire
Lawless and disordered
British police and courts increasingly struggle to maintain public order
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Composed and electrifying
Klaus Tennstedt: The Radio Broadcasts (Doremi, 4CDs)
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Two-tier policing is not new
Our authorities must operate without fear or favour again
