Jane Thynne
Jane is a novelist and journalist. Her most recent novel, Widowland, was published under the name C J Carey. Jane tweets at @janethynne
Our man in Hungary
The past is never very far away in Adam LeBor’s new thriller
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
Bar none
The fraud behind the Bar Standards Board’s “equality and diversity” drive
Why won’t Chris Whitty go away?
He lingers on — a slap-headed Rasputin whispering terrible ideas into the ears of our leaders
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
The contested legacy of “Rocky Horror”
How should we interpret a film that is much more than a light-hearted camp classic?
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Explaining the Boriswave
How and why the Conservatives betrayed their voters on immigration