Youth Politics
Compulsory voting — the solution to our gerontocratic crisis?
Young people have been written out of British politics: it’s time to let them back in
The draining life of a young Conservative
How the two major UK parties are populist, Americanised, authoritarian entities reinforced by a system that tips the balance in their favour
Degrees of scepticism
Overseas students never came to Britain so they could bring their children, it’s a coincidence
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
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
From austerity to the Swinging Sixties
Two books by David Kirby and Robyn Hitchcock are the equivalent of two albums’ worth of their authors’ holiday snaps
Devilishly good
Liszt: Faust Symphony (Bis)
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
