St George didn’t die for this
English nationalism is a paper dragon
Stormont desperately needs reform
The interests of Northern Irish voters are being sacrificed to the perceived needs of the peace process
Breathtaking… and empty
The formidably long run-time of Dune leaves viewers with little world-building and a lack of colour
The curse of the tiny fridge
A tale of the overheated housing market and its secondary effects on life in the capital
Clubbing after Covid
The meek may inherit the Earth, but not yet
Putting muscle behind the Union
A new breed of “muscular unionists” is seeking to reverse the damage done by devolution
Oblige sans noblesse
Our future King is doing more practical good on the housing crisis than the Government
Crime without punishment
It should not be difficult to distinguish between political protest and disrupting national life
Just add water
The Hampstead Heath ponds offer a recipe for the perfect summer afternoon
Who wants to rule forever?
Being in power a long time doesn’t guarantee you’ll get things done
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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
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
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Symphonies have life
John McCabe: 2 symphonies and cello concerto (Signum Classics)
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
Canis lupus labor
Europe is a wolf coming up the path to devour the Labour Party
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
Working with Woods
There have been too few honest explorations into the intrinsic link between woods and humans