Hogging the spotlight
Souvenir Part II offers no hope for British cinema
Star stuck
Should we still care about Michelin stars?
What the Dickens
Spin-offs are all very well, but can’t we have the real thing?
Between the cerebral and the warm
University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne was the quintessential Englishman
Sock it to ‘em
Omicron-cancelled events and surprised marionettes
Blackwell’s: an undesirable new chapter?
The sale of the bookshop is not a good omen for the book industry
What might have been: an alternative Boris interview
Extreme wealth, Netflix fame, and a completed Shakespeare biography
A fond farewell to Barry Cryer
His death is a loss for the English comic tradition
All mouth, no trousers?
Kenneth Branagh does seem to like taking his clothes off
The rise of meta-horror
In 2022, a new Scream film must face down more than monsters
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Slim down the university system to save it
It has become too bloated and too expensive
The man who ended overreach
Lord Reed’s tenure as president of the Supreme Court has been admired by those who value the stability of the law
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
The online life that steals your soul
Read this book and then stamp on your phone
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Eroticism and intrigue
Out of Vienna (Alpha-Classics)
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Why tradition, not utopia, protects expression
Free expression thrives on human frailty, debate, and tradition — not on utopian zeal or moral legislation
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
We have to tame Big Tech
We must act to regulate social media before it does a lot more damage
The party of retailers
Labour’s drift from its union roots reveals the party no longer knows what — or who — it is for