Melvyn Bragg
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
A farewell to a brilliant broadcaster
Melvyn Bragg has declared his innings closed after 27 years
A lot to Bragg about
Melvyn Bragg’s “In Our Time” has been a rare civilised outpost at the BBC
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
We need a pro-natal culture
Changing our demographic future will require a new attitude towards having children
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
Starmer’s union trap
Labour has handed power back to the unions, and is now discovering the cost of obedience
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight