Shadow Education Secretary
Rebecca Long Bailey – classroom warrior
On schools policy, Keir Starmer is no heir to Blair
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
For whom the road tolls
Did turnpike roads transform travel in the 18th century? Or were they a means for rent-seeking?
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
Lies, damned lies, and biopics
Ridley Scott’s casual treatment of truth in Napoleon does a disservice to both history and storytelling
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
Abuse in the name of equality
How is it not obvious that women should be searched by women?