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British politics is Gething worse and worse
Identity is being prioritised over competence and ambition
Trump the peacemaker?
Donald Trump’s survival should inspire him to seek an end to violence
Tough on smoking, tough on alternatives to smoking
We should give smokers healthier options, not no options
Do the right thing
Doubling down will end the Tories as a party of government
Mutilation theology
Asserting mastery over their future selves is a feature of mastectomy, not a bug
Letters August-September
To paraphrase the Jeremy Corbyn defence, were the Tory Right present but not involved?
Who to free — killers or rapists?
The police, the prisons and the courts are all dysfunctional, thanks to the Conservatives
Doing shots
You can tell a lot about someone from their favourite Henry wife
Sue Gray’s inbox
As hacked by Robert Hutton
Is Scottish independence really dead?
Labour’s “more devolution” policy will only strengthen the cause in the long term
Most Read
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
Stop selling sexism
Banning strip clubs might sound unrealistic but it is the right thing to do
Save our green and pleasant land
It’s time to stop ruining Britain’s countryside with drab, identikit houses and instead build real places with focus, heart and purpose
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane