A royal jubilee of bread and circuses, maybe, but the country needed it | Simon Jenkins

The wet, over-policed pageant couldn't eclipse the triumphal concert. This jubilee provided us with a collective buzz

So how was it, the day after the weekend before? Putting on bread and circuses in the depths of a recession is a risk, especially with not much bread on offer. Exposing an 86-year-old monarch to rain and wind for hours on end is even more so. Of the four landmark jubilee events, the Derby, the Thames pageant, the concert and the service in St Paul's, only the last was...