Why the ‘100,000 deaths’ figure is misleading the public
News outlets should report the age-standardised mortality rates alongside the number of excess deaths so as not to mislead the public
Producer, Genius, Madman, Murderer – what will Phil Spector’s true legacy be?
For all his apparently endless faults, we have just witnessed the passing of one of music’s true geniuses
Ban Trans myths by writing ‘FACT’
Prevent the rise of fascism by letting the state arrest people for what they think
Michael Ashcroft on the rise of Rishi Sunak: what is he thinking? What does he intend?
In this podcast, Graham Stewart talks to Michael Ashcroft, whose new book is the first biography to be written about the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Male transgenderism is sexism on steroids
Why is it that Eddie Izzard strutting in heels is perceived as more progressive than us boring old vulva-owners in our flat shoes?
Get stuck into mudlarking
Searching for treasure on the Thames foreshore is like “a giant history lucky dip”
Murders for late February
From countryside crimes to mysteries on the waves, Jeremy Black recommends further reading from the British Library Crime Classics collection
George Shultz: A life guided by trust but marred by scandal
George Shultz, a long-term Secretary of State of the Reagan administration, has died at the age of 100
Paul Heaton: an undervalued musical genius
For all his success, Heaton remains surprisingly niche – which is probably just how he likes it
Despatch from St Moritz
Why are the international super-rich insufficiently grateful to the British?
All at sea
Is the new Northern Ireland Protocol working?