Inside the room where it happens
John Bolton’s account of his time in the Trump administration gives a damning report of the president’s ignorance
Dinner at Brasenose? Unmasking the Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister’s new book tears apart fake news and the notion of compensation culture
A troubled behemoth
John Bowers QC reviews Facebook: The Inside Story, by Steven Levy
Saved for posterity
John Bowers reviews Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries, by Rebecca Abrams and Cesar Merchan-Hamann
Our friends in court
John Bowers reviews “Enemies of the People?” by Joshua Rozenberg
“I am a total act” (but a second act?)
John Bowers reviews A Very Stable Genius, by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig
The future of the Conservative Party
John Bowers reviews Remaking One Nation by Nick Timothy
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
