Peers
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
Of mice and men and Magdalen
C. S. Lewis’s Oxford by Simon Horobin
Sue Gray’s inbox
As hacked by Robert Hutton
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
No lessons learned from lockdown
Despite all the nuance and retrospective moderation, the Covid inquiry leaves us no closer confronting the failures of technocracy
Europe invaded
We must heed the warnings from Hungary and Poland about migration
The Venice Art Biennale
The overall tone is rather bloodless, smug and muted where one might hope for exhilaration
Moving in mysterious ways
Normally, a warning comes with some kind of threat
Imagine there’s no Labour
It’s easy if you try
The way forward for conservatives
We must have bold politicians who really believe in the things they promise
The follies of the wets
There is nothing “moderate” about the Tory centrists
Power, money and the English city
The development of English urbanisation
