Mobile Phones
There is nothing wrong with rules
People can put down their phones for the duration of concert
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
The rise of academentia
Mere transgression is being elevated above genuine insight and creativity
Jane Austen versus virtue signalling
What Mansfield Park can tell us about contemporary politics
The fall of the House of Rejoin
A popular cause has withered into an elitist dinner club
When breast isn’t best
A major maternity support group is at war with its trustees over its insistence that men should be enabled to breastfeed
Populism on the march
As populism advances on both sides of the channel, we ask if it can make the shift from insurgent movement to governing project
Strawberry fields? Never
The idea of toughening zoomers up with hard labour is a pointless fantasy
Diversion, disruption and distinction
Being memorable and sticky guarantees a novel a long and healthy life
Britain was not built on slavery and imperialism
At least in its current, extreme interpretation, the Williams Thesis is almost certainly false
Keir: more than just a lucky general
Neither Left nor Right can accept that Starmer’s impressive focus and strategic sense is responsible for transforming Labour’s prospects
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all