PoW
Captain courageous
Jamie Blackett reviews Vintage Roger: Letters from the PoW years by Roger Mortimer
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
A Chancellor should be a fine thing
The University of Oxford’s Chancellor election has descended into farce
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
