Vince Cable’s troubling views on China
Why is Cable so keen to deny the vast ethnic prejudices of the Chinese regime?
Sinclair Hood: The archaeologist who bucked orthodoxy
The former director of the British School at Athens, who died last month at the age of 103, had a productivity in his old age that was both rare and admirable
Derailing the gravy train
The question of human rights, Christian morals and Western ethics has hitherto been an academic debate; now it is in the public arena
Take Biden seriously
Why the new president’s call for unity is more than a platitude
Blinded by science
Alasdair Palmer says there is little evidence to show that lockdowns are effective
The Donald and me
In July 2005 Donald Trump became my best, new friend
What would be different if Starmer was in charge?
Keir Starmer’s weakness is a lack of healthy scepticism for the wisdom of experts
SantaClaustrophobia: Christmas in quarantine
However strict Australia’s quarantine measures may be, they appear to be a lot more effective than the UK’s laissez-faire approach
The talented (if very odd) Patricia Highsmith
On the 100th anniversary of her birth, Highsmith remains one of the great uncompromising writers of the last century
Gardening is racist
Uprooting hate in the garden, fighting balance at the BBC and cancelling a racist ambassador