Andrew Lownie
Andrew Lownie is a literary agent and author of Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess, The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves and Traitor King. He tweets at @andrewlownie
Open the royal files
A culture of gratuitous opacity surrounds the Royal Family
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
How big a problem is problem gambling?
Jolyon Maugham should not roll the dice on opposing GambleAware
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation