The Midlands
In praise of the Midlands
The Midlands are hurried through, unappreciated on the way to somewhere else
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
The warp and weft of women’s history
This synthesising project downplays the variety of experience amongst ancient women
Athenian ambrosia
Savour a culinary renaissance in Greece
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
