This week we have been mostly…

Posted on 1 November 2015 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading →

Culture

Halloween hits: Ain’t It Grand to Be Bloomin’ Well Dead

Posted on 31 October 2015 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

Leslie Sarony’s 1932 song resuscitated for Hallowe’en. Continue reading →

Miscellaneous

Proud to be British

Posted on 26 October 2015 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

What made Tony Benn say, ‘I have never been so proud to be British’? Continue reading →

Miscellaneous

This week we have been mostly…

Posted on 25 October 2015 by Lion & Unicorn • Leave a comment

A selection of the writing, wittering and viewing that has caught our attention over the past week. Continue reading →

Economics

Searching for a role: What next for the IMF?

Posted on 24 October 2015 by Dan Atkinson • Leave a comment

As Christine Lagarde steps down from leading the IMF, what is the future for the Fund, asks DAN ATKINSON. Continue reading →

Politics

Denis the menace

Posted on 6 October 2015 by Dan Atkinson • 2 Comments

He was a political bruiser and hated by the left. But Denis Healey’s great achievement, argues DAN ATKINSON, was to cut without harming. Continue reading →

Politics

‘Banal in the extreme’: A press portrait of Theresa May

Posted on 5 October 2015 by Alwyn Turner • 9 Comments

ALWYN TURNER sums up the pre-premiership career of a difficult woman. Continue reading →

Politics

Style matters

Posted on 4 October 2015 by Paul Saffer • 1 Comment

PAUL SAFFER suspects the slickness of this year’s Conservative Party conference will speak louder than any words actually uttered there. Continue reading →