Progress
Is a deal any closer?
There is movement on everything, except the fundamentals
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
Sometimes it’s best to shoot the messenger
Ordinary citizens feel a greater claim than ever before to what goes on in public institutions
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Don’t stop the music
How a legendary DJ was cancelled just for listening to women
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Bursary school
Refuse to play the poverty card
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
