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
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James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
What is anger for?
If young women are going to be radical, they need to make it worth it
Why are doctors special?
Doctors have a lot less to complain about than other workers
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Unreadable red bile
This anti-capitalist screed is profoundly and irredeemably fatuous
Schrödinger’s schism
The Anglican Communion, for all of its internal disagreements, has yet to fall apart
Carl Schmitt in Miami
Can Marco Rubio establish a new American system in Latin America?