Meritocracy
In praise of meritocracy
Grammar schools, Tony Crosland and the Encounter club
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
