Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
Badenoch in the bindweed
The Conservative Party leader might please no one by trying to please everyone
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
The flawed thinking behind state suicide
Kathleen Stock demonstrates the value of a philosopher’s analytical mind in a sharp critique of assisted suicide
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
The case for coal
We need more energy, quickly, and where else to get it from?
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
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
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
Critical briefing: cuckooing
A hidden scourge has been plaguing British streets for too long
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
The problem with price freezes
Freezing prices is not half as simple (or cheap) as politicians often think
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Murders for June
Bodies in Brighton and spies in Scotland are features of our first crop of summer murder mysteries
Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Fond portrait of an odd couple
Two irascible, elderly artists and two beautiful younger women in unusual relationships
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
Hurry hurry to Chop Chop
Gambling on Cantonese cuisine
A king’s ramsons
Look after the woods, and they will continue to give
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Light my fire
A perfect spy requires a spark for his cigarette