Crisis? What crisis?

ALWYN TURNER on James Callaghan’s little local difficulty in 1979. Continue reading →

Thank you for the Day

PAUL SAFFER on Robin Day, the always-humble Grand Inquisitor who gave us BBC’s Question Time. Continue reading →

Revive 45: January 1974

ALWYN TURNER on the music that took us into the 3-day week in January 1974. Continue reading →

2018 Politician of the Year

Our not so annual gong goes to the female Boris Yeltsin. Continue reading →

Ashdown in the lead

The late Paddy Ashdown’s election as Lib Dem leader in 1988 appears routine, but PAUL SAFFER points out the significance of the contest. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: John Silence

ALWYN TURNER has an appointment with Algernon Blackwood’s psychic doctor to discuss a case of reefer madness. Continue reading →

Hazlitt: On the Ignorance of the Learned

William Hazlitt explains why learning is no substitute for life. Continue reading →