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Thomas and the Fat Controllers

Many in the 1970s predicted the demise of the railway. A new book by Richard Faulkner and Chris Austin tells how the foresight of a select few saved the trains

February 25, 2013

Books·Transport·UK Politics

ONLINE ONLY: Will Shale Gas Save the British Economy?

A tax windfall from fracking in the North East would merely delay the inevitable day of reckoning for a bloated public sector

January 28, 2013

Economy·Energy·Environment·Features·UK Politics

ONLINE ONLY: A Healthcare System Suffocated by Bureaucrats

Jeremy Hunt claims events at Stafford Hospital were a betrayal of the principles of the NHS. In fact, they were their apotheosis

January 11, 2013

Features·Health·UK Politics

Pyrrhic Victory

Alex Salmond is pinning his success on the high-risk gamble that the EU will accept an independent Scotland as a full member. It won't

December 17, 2012

Counterpoints·UK Politics·Westminster

We Can Have a Free Press and Justice Too

The real threat to liberty is not Leveson but the Coalition’s own Defamation Bill—yet it is not too late to make a sensible amendment

December 17, 2012

Features·Human Rights·Media·UK Politics

ONLINE ONLY: Lang’s Misunderstood Life

Robert Beaken's new biography of Cosmo Lang reveals an Archbishop who, in times of war and crisis, put public good before private gain

December 11, 2012

Faith·Features·History·UK Politics

ONLINE ONLY: Translating the Autumn Statement

What was George Osborne really telling us?

December 6, 2012

Features·UK Politics

Are The Very Rich So Different?

In Plutocrats, Chrystia Freeland vividly describes the lives of the very rich, but has little to say when it comes to what should be done about this new elite

November 28, 2012

Books·UK Politics·US Politics

Politics Behind Bars

The public gallery at the House of Commons is behind bullet-proof glass. This offensive distrust of the public reflects a greater sense of detachment between MPs and the electorate

November 28, 2012

Counterpoints·UK Politics