15 JANUARY 2005, page 45

Hard Times

Michael Vestey F or many, the workhouse, particularly the Victorian variety, still conjures up in the popular imagination an image of dread and fear. I remember being taught......

Artistic Cowardice

James Delingpole I can’t quite decide which scene from the opening episode of Rescue Me (Sky One, Thursday) — the supposedly controversial, gritty and authentic new drama about......