Radio Two
Radio 2 is now beyond my Ken
What used to work, and what listeners enjoyed, is no longer the most important consideration for the decision-makers in Radio
A sound of Rowling thunder
Scotland’s government and police seem determined to turn themselves into a laughing stock
Old Ireland stirs
The defeat handed to Dublin’s progressive establishment was a reminder of an older Ireland
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
We are the cultural Norns
Here, at last, is a mind-expanding podcast that is the antidote to everything the wretched Arts Council stands for
Jane Austen versus virtue signalling
What Mansfield Park can tell us about contemporary politics
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
Cancel the train drivers
Brexiteers, transphobes, racists and right-wingers — but I repeat myself
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
