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PMQs pitches a Cavalier prime minister against his Roundhead opponent. But Boris risks a lot as “the Rupert of debate”

Brandon Lewis’s approach signals Michael Gove’s waning influence

David Goodhart’s recent book is a reminder that we need to look out for those whose lives, jobs and purpose are disappearing

Following the recent imprisonment of an activist for ‘disrespecting the monarchy’, James Snell looks at how Thailand’s current king differs from his predecessor

Given the challenges that UK governments will face over the next decade, there’s every reason for us to embrace the timber age

Best-selling novelist

The magazine that declares its main aim is to review books does anything but

Calls by Labour politicians for an inquiry into royal racism misjudge the popular mood

E. J. White’s book on the history of New York English is not the first on the subject, but it goes a long way in explaining the evolution of the city’s unique linguistics

From the submarine service to the world’s southernmost sub-post office, A S H Smyth interviews Sally Owen, a Falklands-based dentist who also helps to conserve the historic sites of Antarctica