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The art of the obituarist
In the wake of the Guardian’s controversial obituary of Peter Sutcliffe, Alex Larman considers the nuances of writing obits
The tragic downfall of Lord Alfred Douglas
The 20th-anniversary edition of Douglas Murray’s Bosie remains the seminal account of the tragic life of Lord Alfred Douglas
From Gaucho to Rive Gauche and Back Again
Dominic Hilton discovers the extraordinary life and times of “Gaucho Laird”, R.B. Cunninghame Graham
Maggi Hambling’s sculpture is simply bad art
Perhaps if it were a simply better artwork, then Hambling’s statue would have been more warmly received
Smart work from the Old Vic
The Old Vic shows the way
A pair of Czech masterpieces
Two new Czech masterpieces
There’s a Matt for That
Nurturing the flame of the candle of hope
It’s time to shake up Britain’s industrial intervention policy
The National Security and Investment Bill is a great first step towards ensuring Britain’s long-term economic prosperity
The great Rugby School library sale
As Rugby School prepares to auction off some of its most prized literary possessions, one must wonder what Dr Arnold would have to say
The sound of silence
View from Oxford: a letter to the Vice-Chancellor
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The Farage flounce
A joke that worked, and an exit that didn’t.
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
Reclaiming the rule of law
The rule of law was meant to protect liberty — not to be weaponised against democracy
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening