A little too mature
In Brideshead, the overriding feeling is that surely the punchline is to come. It never does
The legacy of Vanity Fair’s caricatures
Each cartoon had a story to tell about eminent figures in Victorian and Edwardian society
The future of Britain’s stately homes
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The case for compromise with Cuba
The strategic case for negotiating with Havana
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Tedious transgression
The mainstreaming of porn is dangerous, hypocritical and very, very boring
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Talent and temptation
William Walton: Two symphonies
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
It’s time to see Brexit through
The next government must finally drag Britain out of the European Union’s tractor beam
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
The untold story of Brexit
Part political history, part memoir, Matthew Elliott’s account captures the campaign that reshaped British politics