Raw and immersive tale of the Civil War
The siege of Basing House encompasses all of England in microcosm
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
A garden reborn
a garden reborn
The old age elephant in the room
Does Andy Burnham seriously think that he can fix social care?
The decision-dodgers
The puberty blocker trial shows that outsourcing policy choices to experts isn’t working
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Was the Boriswave a Brexit betrayal?
A decade later, the public memory of Brexit’s immigration pledge is clearer than the campaign was
Lost in translation
Attempting to understand the lives and thought of our ancestors can teach us about ourselves
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
Class war in the upper house
The end of the Lords’ ancient
right to resolve peerage disputes
is the latest casualty of Labour’s
constitutional vandalism