The joys and misery of Monica
This is not only an objective biography by a distinguished academic, it is also a warm personal memoir
Like father, like son
Philip Larkin’s long association with Kingsley and Martin Amis resulted in the poet being misrepresented and misunderstood
Sharing the pleasure in poetry
James Booth reviews ‘Somewhere Becoming Rain: Collected Writings on Philip Larkin’
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
Kemi Badenoch was right about the chaos in Clapham
Rioting as entertainment is a First World phenomenon
How the “Burnham bind” will rewrite British politics
If Andy Burnham wins in Makerfield, Labour has a bigger opportunity than people think
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
The Muslim modernisers
Muslim reformers do not innovate; they renew by seeking to mend what is broken
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The right-wing case for social media
X and other platforms can be vital sources of unfashionable information and dissenting opinions
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was