Pasteurisation of the pub
Pubs may have reopened, but its new landlord is the Nanny State
The legacy of David Bowie: five years, what a surprise
Alexander Larman on why the late, great David Bowie remains such a totemic and iconic figure in his life
The indefatigable Bill Cash
Sir Bill Cash has achieved his political life’s ambition of restoring British sovereignty – did he ever think it would happen and is it ‘case closed’?
Brexit Endgame
If the Finance Bill doesn’t appear next week, Brexiteers can assume the Withdrawal Agreement is here to stay
The dehumanising danger of social media
Josephine Bartosch says that far from facilitating an enriching meeting of minds, the online world is producing a dystopian world that is breaking us apart
A life in miniature
‘Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life’ is Brigitte Benkemoun’s discovery of the provenance of the address book and what it told her about the owner’s life
Is the malaise at Eton symptomatic of something wider?
Is the whole institution of the public school starting to become unfit for purpose in the 21st century?
Ethiopia weeps again
The Ethiopian prime minister’s Nobel Peace Prize appears increasingly ludicrous as he risks civil war
Quiet, you’ll get yours in a minute
He’d have wanted “Dropping the Pilot”
Understanding France’s newest terrorism
Lockdown interrupted terrorism, but the post-lockdown West is more permissive
What does the child trans judgement mean?
Those who are invested in being ‘on the right side of history’ might like to reflect on yesterday’s judgement