Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest
This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
Sectarianism contra socialism
How did “left-wing” MPs end up voting for the VAT exemption for private schools?
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
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 new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
