River Thames
England reclaimed
How we became a nation of drainage engineers
Going deep on the river
Make no mistake, the boat race is a blood sport
Rooms with a view
Will the law protect owners of high-rise flats from happy-snapping tourists?
Get stuck into mudlarking
Searching for treasure on the Thames foreshore is like “a giant history lucky dip”
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Long story short
Movie length seems to have become a way for directors to tell us what serious people they are
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience
SEEN should be heard
A new group aims to remind the police to act without fear or favour
My husband and Zoe
Claudia Savage-Gore is irked by her man’s latest obsession
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
