Radio Show
Communication breakdown
Young journalists will learn nothing from this drivel
An American’s excellent essays
A set of fine programmes on the American bohemians who brought to life a great city on the cusp of significant change
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Up with expertise, down with experts
Politicians should be informed by experts but not led by them
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
The soaraway success of scoops and smut
Tabloid sensibility wasn’t just about visual presentation, it was also about the way stories were written
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
Rejoice, the war is over!
Remember when Keir Starmer took the knee for BLM to demonstrate his opposition to the culture war?
Fear and favour
Are the police guilty of a “two tier” approach? They are if their own “Police Race Action Plan” is to be believed