Vagrancy Act
What law? What order?
Shit, piss and the ever-present threat of violence, as the meek and law-abiding hold back
In the public sty
Ministers set to decriminalise rough-sleeping and public begging
Bleak streets
Freedom to die on the streets is no freedom at all
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
