Monty Python
Knights to remember
This must not be read within 2 metres of another sketch, unless you are in a bubble with John Crace
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
The dangerous fallacy of “self-deterrence”
The concept makes little sense and could create serious risks
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
The Club of Wrong
The Club of Rome are back and dumber than ever
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
