Oxford Street
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Why don’t we care about twentieth century traditional buildings?
The demolition of M&S on Oxford Street is indicative of a wider attitude towards interwar architecture
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Save us from the menopause mystique
“Menopausal” products make life more rather than less alienating
The coming of age
On the anxieties and ambiguities of adulthood
