second homes
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
Holiday hoo-ha
The trauma of second-home envy
Must-Miss TV
Your regular Critic round-up of the hottest shows and films.
The meaning of depoliticisation
How the establishment made political questions unanswerable
The horror of 7 October on film
The killers’ headset footage, CCTV, interviews with survivors and heart-rending last messages
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
There’s no good way to equal pay
You can’t beat the laws of supply and demand
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
