The lovelorn lady who broke the rules
A romantic forced by peculiar privilege into perpetual masquerade
Many lives of the first everywoman
Wife of Bath is a brand name all will recognise
A fresh take on difficult women
Why should women writers of the past take on today’s Utopian orthodoxies?
Love letter to the printed word
On the material culture of the book
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Kemi Badenoch is a useful idiot
The former Secretary of State has a track record of advancing woke regulations
Why does the establishment want to harm farms?
The Government expects farmers to act as environmental agents of the state
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
The year in military history
2024 has been a rewarding year for lovers of books and history
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
How to end the free speech crisis
The right must plan to demolish the four pillars of Britain’s stifling anti-speech laws
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
