Root & Branch
Inhale some joy
Planting for scent is a recipe for curing winter blues
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Mental illness is more complex than we think
There are no easy answers when it comes to mental health
Don’t idolise Roger Scruton
Our reverence for the late thinker must not limit our imaginations
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
