Good Idea, Bad PR
With Steve Hilton on sabbatical in California, it’s high time Cameron ditched the Big Society. To the long list of flagship ideas and slogans that have failed to catch on (which includes
From Krupp to Aldi
A new history of the Krupps and their firm is a reminder of their murky wartime record. In the Anglophone world Krupp is not just the name of a steel and armaments manufacturer:
Finns’ Baton Charge
Now Sakari Oramo is cheif conductor at the BBC Symphony Orchestra, many fear a Scandinavian supremacy in British music. It was a morose morning-after at the maestros’ bar. “What do the Finns have
Faithless Wonder
Meaning only to skim through Alain de Botton's new book Religion for Atheists (Hamish Hamilton, £18.99) I read every word, engaged by his wit and limpid prose, impressed by the sheer plenitude
Free At Last
With the State System failing our children, only free schools can provide an affordable, quality education for all
Abusing Jews
Fashion should not forgive outbursts of fascism at Dior
Airtime To Fill
Twenty-four-hour news coverage should have ushered in a new age of investigative, in-depth journalism. Instead, it’s banal, repetitive and slack
Upwardly Immobile
The best way to give working-class children a better chance in life is to offer education vouchers
‘Living Wills’ Leave Patients to Die
“When in doubt, treat” used to be the rule for doctors. Not any more A young woman arrives by ambulance at A&E, having taken an overdose. It’s a routine event, with what —
The Ascent of Man
Are humans just the most complex of molecular machines or something qualitatively different?