Towns
Up-and-down towns
The rise and fall of English towns in the 1960s and 80s
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Urban insecurity and conflict
The medieval English town was subject to fire, flood, plague — and revolution
Power, money and the English city
The development of English urbanisation
Talk of the town
On the strangeness and variety of urban development
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
World Government or Peoples’ Governments?
As the nation state system falters, we are faced with a choice between centre and periphery
Earworms — some Profane, mostly Sacred
Hymns can be as catchy as popular music
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Fair pay is a fiction
Public sector workers are chasing a fantasy
One small step for Jenrick…
…one giant disappointment for Mel Stride
