The authoritarianism stalking Ireland
A secular clerisy is silencing dissent
The lonely end of a political failure
Leo Varadkar rode to power on a wave of optimism and is disappearing in a puff of disaffection
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Save this perfect Welsh building
The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved
A time for restoration
An interview with David Starkey
Trouble beneath the surface
Labour’s triumph obscures worrying signs of division and chaos brewing in British society
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Death by a thousand regulations
British politicians are allowing unnecessary laws to ruin civil society
Is Britain on course for abortion up to birth?
Diana Johnson’s amendment creates a medical and legal vacuum that would endanger women and their babies
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
