The goose and the golden egg
The City of London Corporation arguably survives for one reason only: money
The blunders that restored the Crown
The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic by Henry Reece
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
Half a century of the World at War
It was then the most expensive documentary ever made and, many think,the greatest
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
Enthralling eclecticism
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote, &c. (Chandos)
