Mike Ashley
We aren’t being served
The closure of Jenners of Edinburgh is an object lesson in how to kill the department store
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
