Who told Boris to make Claire Fox a peer and why?
Johnathan Ball was three years old, Tim Parry was twelve
Why are republicans such “sour-faced Puritans”?
Opponents of the monarchy are also suspected of hating Christmas, puppies and the sound of children’s laughter
The King is our eternal everyman
Oak Apple Day celebrates the inevitable return of the primordial and the perennial
The brave new world of Swedish education
What is “post-truth” schooling?
The German Reformation
Professor Jeremy Black discusses the effect that Martin Luther and the Reformation had on the German lands in the sixteenth century
Rooster booster
Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it
As easy as pie plant
How to pamper your rhubarb patch
The case for dismissal
Apologies are the end, going is the start
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
When is suicide not suicide?
The vulnerable need our support, not lethal drugs
The BBC can’t fix its class problems with quotas
The Corporation’s diversity obsession is the problem, not the solution
Three act tragedy
The Wagatha Christie case reveals the addictive fun of gossip — but also its corrosive power