Public Health
Why the coronavirus shutdown is worth it
Decisive action to slow the spread of Covid-19 is a no brainer
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports