Literary Festivals
A very superior Season
Today’s Season may be more democratic and international than the old, but those in the know still cherish the hot tickets that guarantee exclusivity
Literary festivals: sheer hell in a tent
To make people laugh for an hour is good business sense — but it says nothing about writing, or creativity, or art
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
Intangible benefits for intangible heritage?
It remains to be seen whether the UK’s Ratification of UNESCO’s Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage will be valuable
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
Motorway-mania
Britain in the age of the automobile
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Liberal gerontocracy and its discontents
Fewer young people supporting more old people has become an unsustainable situation
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Something in the Bath water
Liberal Democrats are ruining a beautiful city with pointless regulations and Remainer spite
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
