Trains
Storylines
Tom Chesshyre finds hidden tales on the platforms
Rail tracks
Tom Chesshyre on songs and poetry inspired by trains
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
The value of social value
Social value requirements have made public procurement more expensive, more bureaucratic and harder for smaller firms to compete
Exactly my bag
Travel they say, broadens the mind. It can also empty the pockets
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango