Recovery
Fighting against lockdown
The group that projects messages onto Parliament is briefing MPs behind the scenes
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
As flies to wanton boys
Gambling with human lives is just another day in the lives of the one per cent
Why Britain needs more empty homes
The UK’s housing sector is straining at the seams; empty units and second houses are a sign of economic health