Other things

‘Patriots’ at the Almeida Theatre

For a powerful man to claim ‘I have the country’s best interests at heart’ is easy; assessing whether he is right is rather harder. When...

What’s British about the British Museum?

The question is often asked by those calling for the restitution of objects in the collections of the London institution, the world’s...

Past present future

The tide of time governs everything we do, and always has. We might measure its passage more finely than our ancestors, but we still plan...

D for Victory

No plan survives contact with the enemy, as Russia’s armed forces have discovered in Ukraine. Yet strikes on civilian targets, convoys...

Making and meaning

News that Diageo is to open a microbrewery in Covent Garden next year as part of a food and drink-centred attraction called Guinness at...

If it ain’t fixed, don’t break it...

Parliament and the BBC: two great institutions in two great buildings, yet all are under threat. Intellectual attacks are being aimed at...

Where do we go now?

As many of us continue to find ourselves working from home, some consider their future as a result and wider demographics inexorably...

The Lost Posts

Poised as we are today between the old and the new, now feels like a good time to explain the loss of my blog. For two months this autumn...