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?
Trial by Jury
I should have known that expressing the slightest doubt about trial by jury would lead to public opprobrium
In defence of conspiracy theories
Daniel Miller says conspiracy theories should be treated and judged like any theory
Democrats are right to raise questions about Amy Coney Barrett
Will the Supreme Court’s new justice be able to commit to American secularism?
Democracy muzzled
Peter Hitchens says Covid masks are a potent symbol of the West’s headlong flight from Enlightenment values
Intellectual Red Bull
László Földényi’s essays are a collection that will leave you feeling sharp and more cultured, says Tibor Fischer
Are we still talking to the EU?
Government spin is mixing the Brexit divorce agreement with the trade deal
The dark psychology of Extinction Rebellion
The deathly symbolism of Extinction Rebellion is designed to make us conform to extreme measures
Gross injustice at the Court of Justice
A British lawyer is fighting her dismissal in a Kafkaesque post-Brexit judicial quagmire
Hail to the Chief (Part III)
Graham Stewart talks to Jeremy Black about how the power of the US president was exercised in the first half of the twentieth century, from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR
Letter from Washington: To burn or not to burn?
What a Never-Trump divide says about the future of the Republican Party