Screens
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
The Sturgeon delusion
How the former SNP leader inspired hope and then squandered it
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
Equality for some
Labour is continuing a misguided approach to DEI
Don’t shoot the piano man
A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling
Hurray for the Murrays
It is easy to forget how mediocre British tennis was before the Murrays
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
Duke of deception
Duke Wolff was a real life Gatsby, a brilliant, flamboyant faker whose lies left a legacy of both devastation and fascination for his children
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
Two-tier justice in Northern Ireland
Why do only some killings deserve investigation?
