Pottery
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Making history
Charles Saumarez Smith believes the restoration of an historic factory in the Potteries can be a model for preserving our manufacturing past
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Gender self-ID was never the law
Barrister Akua Reindorf KC speaks about the controversial trans guidance the government is so loath to implement
The real problem with rigmarole
A journalistic focus on proceduralism distracts us from deeper political questions
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Publishing has an AI problem
From reviews to actual books, creativity is being outsourced to machines
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on