The George Formby Society
Zooming Windows
The George Formby Society attempts a ukulele world record, online
The callousness of the virtue signallers
The response to a young singer’s death exposed the cruelty of the self-consciously virtuous
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
Rochdale is a tragedy that could happen again
Lessons have not been learned, and perpetrators are still at large
Goodnight Vienna
A new Austrian musical taps dark material to produce a brilliant, unsettling and darkly funny exploration of the Anschluss
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
Row, row, row your boat
“The Boys On The Boat” is wholesome but unconvincing
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain