Luca Johnson
Luca Johnson is a freelance writer, focusing on British culture and history. He tweets at @AmiableArgument
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Is fat a feminist issue?
Accepting your body is a selective exercise for some progressives
Blame Boris for Britain’s borders
Boris Johnson is no lost Conservative hero — he did tremendous harm
Policies Galore!
Scotland has social democratic goodies under the floorboards, so long as the wicked English excise men don’t spoil everything.
Misappropriating motherhood
La Leche League and the pornification of breastfeeding
Rishi Sunak losing will be a blessed relief
The Conservatives should be put out of their misery
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
Where are the real statesmen?
Neither populists nor managerialists can rule
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
School’s out forever
British universities are in an unsustainable state of overexpansion, and taxpayers can’t be expected to keep footing the bill
Three cheers for peers of mature years
Removing some of the wisest and most experienced voices in the House would be destructive and wrong