Invisible hand
Did peace prevail in the World Wars thanks to providential deliverance, or just a number of very fortunate occurrences?
Life of the party
Party conferences are insights into the parties’ souls — insights that are not always reassuring
Nationalists in neutrality’s clothing
If UK ministers are not at liberty to defend the Union, then Northern Ireland is not genuinely British
Protect the female estate
The feminist fix: separate facilities for transgender individuals is the fairest way forward
Jugular vain
Hannah Betts artfully curates the perfect neckmess
The vaccine passport fallacy
Why don’t we just charge the unvaccinated more?
Boris must act on immigration
It is the issue that most concerns his supporters
Bring back the panjandrums
We need heavyweights to separate good from bad
Forgotten films
Streaming services contain a wealth of overlooked foreign-language war stories
Man with the van
Thomas Woodham-Smith on the trade’s true mavericks
Gentleman of Médoc
This wine is ready to drink but can readily be put down to hibernate for another half decade before being savoured by the Shepherd Market salonnières
Now then, now then
Should there be a new drama about Jimmy Savile?