Why civility matters, even when it’s hard
Swallowing our pride is better than political violence
The (new) centre holds
Bad policies and the ‘twilight of democracy’ are not the same thing
The technocrats are failing the vaccine test
Are populist leaders better at vaccine roll-outs? If so, that should fill us with trepidation about post-pandemic politics
Is this the end of Western liberal democracy?
We need to appreciate the inherent messiness that permeates Western societies, rather than seeking to repudiate it
The unremarkable truth about America’s Covid response
The US handling of Covid-19 does not make it a ‘failed state’
Think Trump has transformed American politics? Think again
Joe Biden’s rise is a reminder that the way to win an election hasn’t changed
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
The death of modern Britishness?
Attempts to construct a dehistoricised national identity have failed
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
