Mark Sedwill
Politicians versus mandarins
Spats between governments and civil servants are inevitable when administrations have a radical agenda
The designated survivor
Churchill’s stroke in 1953 does not create a workable precedent for Dominic Raab to follow
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
