From Standpoint, Jonathan Bate on the character of Englishness. A review of Aristocrats: Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present by Lawrence James (and more). From Prospect, for 300 years Britain's best minds have fretted over the threat of national bankruptcy; how worried should we be today? A review of The Cosmopolitan Interior: Liberalism and the British Home 1870-1914. More on A Radical History of Britain by Edward Vallance. When the lights went out: A review of Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia by Francis Wheen (and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more and more). We are hungry for initiatives that will remake our world, but not since the 18th century has Britain’s intellectual cupboard been so bare. Julian Baggini considers the politics of making mistakes and how Britain can move towards a more mature mistake-making culture. Fleet Street goes out with le whimper: An era's end in London passes with a shrug, and an insult or two. A review of The Country Formerly Known As Great Britain by Ian Jack (and more). Britain's new Supreme Court: Why has a fundamental change in the constitution been so little reported and debated? Britain's national goal of reducing child poverty was a political success — did it work? A review of Oxford Revisited: A City Revisited by Justin Cartwright (and more). A review of The Smell of the Continent: The British Discover Europe by Richard Mullen and James Munson.
