Rump Parliament
The House of Lords
The Rump Parliament had the right idea in 1649 when it closed down the upper chamber as “useless”
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
What we don’t talk about when we talk about mental illness
We talk about mental health differently – but is it an improvement?
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Why I, as a mother…
Being a mother can change our perspectives and priorities
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
