Tambora
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability