The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Why the Democrats cannot be populists
It goes against the managerial nature of the party
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
