Vagrancy Act
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
Laid-back Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Württemburg sonatas (ECM)
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
Campus confidential
Inside the secret Cambridge societies hiding their unfashionable views
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Their transition too (w/ Emma B)
Children are not secondary characters in their parents’ story
AI has not killed the author
Advanced technology can enhance rather than replacing the pleasure of a good book
