Diary
In this summer of sporting dramas, every patriotic sports fan likes to think he’s done his bit to help. I…
A serious Burgundy
It was the English summer at its most perverse. We were drinking Pimm’s while hoping against hope for better news…
Who deserves a free lunch?
It is a tenet of neo-liberal economics that there is no such thing as a free lunch. This is obvious…
Verse in reverse
In Competition No. 3309, you were invited to compose a poem starting with the last line of any well-known poem…
Was I right about Iraq?
Back in March there was a glut of pieces about the 2003 Iraq war. The 20th anniversary seemed to much…
Why would you ever leave?
For British taxpayers perturbed by their £6 million daily bill for housing asylum seekers in hotels, New York City mayor…




