The Lion
Reflections on Narnia
After 75 years, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe remains a relatable classic
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
