Penny Dreadful
Dazzled by manias and lured by wild gambling
The drives behind the Victorian periodical press and penny literature
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Don’t bet on green energy
Groupthink has blinded us into backing solar and wind. Will a big short make us see sense?
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
