We have to rein in meddling councils
Local authorities have become overbearing and unaccountable
The death of the funeral
We abandon death rituals at our peril
The empty road to serfdom
“Vision Zero” is a tyrannical anti-driving dream
The slow death of public spaces
Pointless regulations are sucking joy from British life
The 15-minute bait and switch
15-minute cities mean restricted freedom and a town hall traffic-fine bonanza
Life as an accidental émigré
The coronavirus pandemic has birthed a new historically-specific group: the lockdown refugees
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
Britain and brutalism: listed, not loved
The visitor numbers and heritage status of the Southbank tell us nothing about what people actually want to look at
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
How the war wasn’t won
The Supreme Court judgment on sex and the Equality Act is still being opposed and undermined
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
Trump: the imprudent king
The President has so far achieved the opposite of what he promised