An unfinished masterpiece
One senses that, in this volume of Picasso’s life, John Richardson is only doing the hands and faces
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
A real plan for growth
A series of simple economic blunders has led to self-defeating policies that strangle any chance of prosperity for all
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead
