Toryism à la mode
Could the legacy of French Gaullism breathe life into a listless British conservatism?
Dutch courage
Why is the Farmer Citizen Movement succeeding?
Liberty, fraternity, animosity
The right-wing turn in France
What price Parliament
Renovating Westminster taxes the Leader’s ingenuity — and the public’s pocketbook
Recanting decanting
An expensive evacuation of the Palace of Westminster has now fallen out of favour
All double dutch
Andrew Cusack says the influence of the Netherlands’ seaborne empire can still be felt around the world, from Manhattan and South Africa to modern Sri Lanka
Private passions in the public square
The ground shifts under leading American conservative thinkers like RR Reno
Pugin on the ritz
There’s no case for the costly decant of parliament now
An appreciation of the late John Simon
Andrew Cusack remembers the apotheosis of criticism
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Why Ukraine almost certainly cannot win
And why the war is likely to continue anyway
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
The NHS need not depend on immigration
The shortage of British trainees is the result of a political choice
