Phones
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Antisocial media
Welcome to the age of the TikTok thug and the home invasion influencer
Why so few men take up the pen
With publishing now such a female-dominated industry, it’s no surprise that there are so few men writing fiction
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
Snapshot of the PM who killed his party
History is a wonderful guide to political practice in the present, just so long as nothing is different
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
Giving Mozart a makeover
Mozart: The Salzburg Project (Warner)
