Lost
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Dissolve the hotbeds of wokery
Failing universities should go the way of the monasteries under Henry VIII
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
Only abortion is like abortion
Don’t tack on abortion to create an impression of progressive goodness
Transformation of a wasteland
Surviving buildings lend texture to the development, a sense of it having a history
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter