Transport
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
Full steam ahead!
How British canal boats steamed towards the future
The creation of canals
Entering the golden age of canals
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
The long and winding road
Join us on our journey down the roads of the 1800s
Sadiq Khan is blind to unromantic disadvantages
London travel schemes are excluding the disabled and pro-diversity officials do not seem to care
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
