Planning Reform
On a pedestal?
Give up joyless meat-hating for Lent
Who wants to rule forever?
Being in power a long time doesn’t guarantee you’ll get things done
Who’s afraid of populism
The Tories cannot escape their base
The failing state we’re in
Backlog Britain needs urgent reform
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
The renewal of Englishness
Journalist James Cowley builds a national identity from an excavation of incidents
Ukraine war is not an example of “toxic masculinity”
History suggests that female rulers are far more likely to start wars than their male counterparts
Fifty shades of muck
The lost art of governing your tongue
A very superior Season
Today’s Season may be more democratic and international than the old, but those in the know still cherish the hot tickets that guarantee exclusivity
Rooster booster
Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it
Uncommon entrance
Hector’s Common Entrance is looming
The Sexual Revolution has failed Generation X women
More freedom won’t cure the disease
Digital dysmorphia
The internet has gone from the marketplace of ideas, to a marketplace in bodies