Britain’s Rousseauian delusions
The Noble Savage fable is a comforting story for Britain’s progressives
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Why left-wingers should care about borders
A welfare state, and social solidarity, depend on immigration restrictionism
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy