Local History
Sebastian Mode
Provincial arts administrator
Rambling through Chesham and Amersham
Each constituency has a unique and fascinating history
Putting a price on scholarship
Charles Saumarez Smith on the battle to safeguard the future of some of Britain’s oldest and best-known learned societies
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Respect for the quarry
Can we love the things we kill?
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe