Liam Fox
Bad law in a good cause
Who should determine Britain is trading with a genocidal regime – international judges? British judges? Or the British government?
Sir Graham Brady – “A lot of people are near the end of their tether”
1922 Chairman warns that Tory MPs may vote for a November lockdown, but not a December renewal
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
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
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
