'While discussing sex education it emerges that Doncaster has the highest rate of STIs in the UK. I turn down an offer to hit the town'

A conversation about the Boat Race veers off course

Culture has never been in better shape, boasts our leading arts broadcaster — but only if you focus on soap operas and sport

England no longer expects every man to do — or even to know — his duty, and corruption is creeping into our moral culture