Alessandra Bocchi
Alessandra Bocchi is an Italian journalist who has written for the Spectator and the Wall Street Journal among other publications. She tweets at @alessabocchi
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
The Conservatives must return to the centre
Populist demagoguery has ruined the party
Pathetic fallacy? Pathetic government
Sunak’s sad announcement was miserably symbolic of Conservative failure
Trump the peacemaker?
Donald Trump’s survival should inspire him to seek an end to violence
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
The sincere insincerity of centrism
Politicians cannot but seem like they’re lying even when they genuinely aren’t lying
If you come at the king…
Trump’s response to being shot has affirmed his status as a Great Man of History
Have hope, have kids
How parenthood can steel us against stress and despair
Flawed paean to a heartless auteur
A lack of empathy goes to the hollowness at the heart of so many Kubrick movies
Gove away
Sentimental tributes to the outgoing Tory overstate his political virtues