By Bagehot BAGEHOT spent today in Singapore on the final leg of a trip watching the British foreign secretary at work in Asia. A future […]
Year: 2012
Britain’s educational secret weapon: chilly rigour
Apr 25th 2012 By Bagehot “YOU don’t see many white people round here,” said the American lecturer, visibly startled to encounter Bagehot at the Banking […]
The British government’s prosperity agenda hits the road
By Bagehot REPORTING from a summit some years ago, your correspondent found himself following the foreign minister of another country into a press conference. The […]
Why elected mayors matter
Apr 19th 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week is from Bristol, one of ten English cities that on May 3rd are holding a […]
Why the debate over British shale gas extraction is for high stakes
By Bagehot THE BRITISH debate about shale gas extraction has made headlines today, following the publication of a government-commissioned study suggesting that the unconventional drilling […]
Britain’s Green-minded climate change minister resigns: why that’s good for the environment
Feb 3rd 2012 By Bagehot FROM a distance it must be hard to feel excitement at the news now gripping the Westminster village: the resignation […]
Visiting an inspiring school in a tough London neighbourhood
Feb 2nd 2012 By Bagehot MY PRINT column this week is based on reporting visits I recently made to an inner London secondary school. I […]
When the Daily Mail and Polly Toynbee are united in self-righteous anger, be afraid
Jan 31st 2012 By Bagehot WELL that is helpful timing. It is bank bonus season. And there was the government, wriggling like a lugworm on […]
Seen and thus believed: Britain falls back in love with its dutiful, tireless monarch
By Bagehot TO his slight surprise Bagehot was recently asked to review all the new biographies of Queen Elizabeth II being published to mark 2012, […]
To the barricades, British defenders of open markets!
Jan 26th 2012 By Bagehot MY new column looks at today’s seemingly distinct debates about British capitalism, executive pay, welfare caps, the squeezed middle and […]