Securonomics
The problem with securonomics
A genuine strategy for increasing our economic security and resilience as a society would not start with the state
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
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
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
What is Toryism for?
What has it done if it has not made a system it wishes to defend?
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
