Parks
In praise of people’s parks
A civilising tradition has been sadly neglected
A walk in the park
Can late Elizabethans do without Victorian vistas?
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
