Quiet, you’ll get yours in a minute
He’d have wanted “Dropping the Pilot”
The liberal hero who sealed in Ulster’s sectarianism
John Hume, 1937-2020
His race is run
ASH Smyth remembers Ben Cross, Harold Abrahams, and the impact Chariots of Fire had on his 10-year-old self
Anyone for abdication?
A vivid retelling of an infamous constitutional crisis
Waiting for – anything
Krapp’s last tape might these days be a collection of WhatsApps and stored Instagram images, muses Anne McElvoy
Hail to the Chief (Part II)
The American Civil War and the expansion of executive power
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
What are we supposed to do when “Brenda the sheep” gets hungry?
The resentments and resillience of London’s market traders
For now, the Smithfield Christmas auction is still going ahead. We can’t stop everything, can we?
Free to disagree
The Scottish Government drastically needs to rethink its approach to hate crime
European champions
Kampfner has written a scrupulously researched yet not uncritical tribute to postwar Germany
Time for Covid disobedience?
Have the British people abandoned their love of liberty?
Pointless protest
Spare us the snooty superiority of “real” writers affronted by celebrity novels