Populist smears of an unpopular elite
The conservative debate over nationhood is one of the most consequential in years
Roger Scruton’s Faith
The admirer of Christ who never quite became a follower
Eternal resurrection
James Orr reviews Tom Holland’s Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
A fanatic heart
On the 50th anniversary of his public suicide, Nigel Jones reflects on the strange life and bizarre death of the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima
It takes all sorts
Patrick Galbraith on rural racism and the fear of outsiders
History shows that violence is ‘as American as cherry pie’
Violence is intrinsic to America and we shouldn’t expect it to cease being so when Donald Trump leaves office
Crooked compendium
Ms Lees offers a new take on the template, but she is walking a well-trodden path
The black hole of online censorship
The removal of Parler from app stores has made it clear that online opinions exist at the sufferance of those providing the soap box
No one guilty at the BBC
No one in BBC management ever pays a price for the BBC’s mistakes.They just happen, like the weather
Out with the Old Masters?
Will traditional museums be replaced by modern “experiences”?
Into the festive spirit
Christopher Pincher enjoys a 2009 Margaux in a dining room steeped in historical scandal
Maggi Hambling’s Wollstonecraft is earnestly nonconformist
Hambling is like Wollstonecraft – a strong-minded, independent woman who has taken considerable public criticism over many years
Power to the pigs and les keufs
France is competing with the UK to be every bit as draconian and liberty-infringing