Public Opinion
Immigration is still the elephant in the room
Violence is appalling, yet we have to understand the conditions from which it emerged
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Twilight of the hacks
“A Very Royal Scandal” and the emptiness of modern journalism
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
