Transport
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
The lines that moved the world
How railway maps transformed travel, trade and time
Great British fail
Why state control won’t fix our railways
The tyranny of the train companies
Train companies are bullying the innocent while blatant lawbreakers run free
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
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Gruesome twosomes
Considering culinary mismatches
The EU is changing on immigration
A firmer stance is being taken — but will it be enough?
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
First-place Finnish
Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
The Blob playbook
How activist charities subtly shape policy
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Vote Green to end antisemitism
Critics have been trying to twist their leaders’ words to resemble what they actually said