Regulations without services
How the state is prohibiting without providing
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Picking at old wounds
The campaign to rejoin the EU has been revived
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
What if the AI bubble bursts?
Arguing that an AI bubble is a good thing reeks of techno-optimist complacency
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
The last thing Labour needs
The revival of the Terminally Ill Adults Bill threatens to consume a party already struggling to hold itself together
Why Brexit was right
Bad decisions have been made since we voted to leave but we were still right to leave
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Israel does not run U.S. foreign policy
There is nothing wrong with questioning foreign influence — but that influence has been overstated
What has Labour learned?
Pinning the failures of the government on Keir Starmer alone will not work
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
The errata of history
Misprints are just one in a catalogue of literary disorders
DeepMind delusion
The superstar Demis Hassabis is on a mission to create a God-like superintelligence
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Confessions of an aging pop queen
Madonna once assured us that being an adult woman was something to aspire to
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
The praises of a neglected vegetable
Summer calls for cold cucumbers
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine