Podcast
In the city
From the suburbs to the estates
Love, death and drink
Does inspiration really come out of a bottle?
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Power, money and the English city
The development of English urbanisation
I love a “dream home” nightmare
What disasters will strike the family next? You almost expect a tsunami
The Road to the Cass Review — (5) Lord Moonie
How one “awkward sod” refused to follow the trend on gender
The future of higher education
How can universities be more efficient and effective?
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
The professional classes don’t understand manual work
They cannot understand distinctions between different kinds of labour
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
