Why conservatives should read more fiction
Conservatism can be fun and imaginative as well as insightful
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Australian insights into Britain under Labour
Anthony Albanese’s government offers a depressing glimpse of Britain’s future
Constitutionally deformed
Robert Peston and Kishan Koria would make our democracy far more dysfunctional
Against inheritance tax
Familial bonds and continuity should be encouraged
The Conservatives have failed conservatism
The family should have been paramount among concerns
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Polish piano
Andre Tchaikowsky: Piano concertos (Ondine)
Making the case for liberalism
Wooldridge’s polemic draws together the disparate traditions of liberal thought and action
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Stop saying sectarianism
Britain’s emerging politics are not really sectarian at all, but the result of neo-communal fragmentation
The meaning of Zack Polanski
The icon of geriatric millennials is one of life’s drifters
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
The Real shooting match
Cue the bogus platitudes that leaders make about sport’s ability to heal divisions
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
The masses against the classicists?
Reflections on the virtues and vices of academic gatekeeping