Alexander Lee
Alexander Lee is author of Machiavelli: His Life and Times (Picador). He tweets at @alexander_c_lee
Time doesn’t fly in Bianchini’s company
Heilbron writes with authority and – what is more unusual – genuine passion
Unearthly study of life and death
Yukio Mishima concealed his poignant political commentary in a run-of-the-mill science fiction novel
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Is our law praiseworthy?
In connection with civil liberties, British law is at its lowest ebb
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
Quinlan Terry
He kept the flame of classicism alive at a time when it burnt very low
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair
