Power Grid
Do our leaders understand the power grid at all?
It seems as if basic facts are being completely ignored
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
Life amid the ruins
Any captured, destroyed city, offers the same problems for the new owners
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Now’s your time, House of Lords
The upper house must prove its worth by opposing the shabby Chagos Islands deal
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house