Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
Escaping Britain’s low-wage trap
Only sustained wage growth will restore trust in the economy
The sick man of Europe
Britain is caught in a doom spiral of low wages and high welfare
Cards on the table
Failure to reform problem gambling is harming millions and costing us billions
Who will offer a vision for national renewal?
Britain needs major reform, not managerial tinkering
Back to the future
How Hunt’s embrace of technology risks repeating Blair’s folly
Back to Blair
This budget offers nothing but managed decline
Them’s the breaks
Why Johnson was never a postliberal
Doubling down, not levelling up
Why Gove’s plan is dead on arrival
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
A real pea souper
Rivers of filth bear our merry band to the grotesque wonders of Dickensian London
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh
West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness
Chasing votes on foreign soil
Viktor Orbán has created a pipeline of support for his Fidesz political project by granting full citizenship to thousands of ethnic Hungarians in Romania
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
Disposable women?
Middle-aged women are routinely ignored and dismissed by society — it is time for that to change
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
