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London, Burning: ‘A page-turning delight’
For his eighth novel, Anthony Quinn continues his noble tradition of producing a thumping good read
Letter from Washington: The trouble with equity
The Biden administration is all-in on equity
Scandal, corruption and collusion: 300 years of British prime ministers
As this month marks a significant milestone in our parliamentary democracy, Nigel Jones says that sleaziness has an historic precedent at No. 10 Downing Street
Who doesn’t want to be a millionaire?
Dominic Hilton contemplates the origins of his obsession with money
Vaccine passports and the recalibration of social ethics
Vaccine passports would undermine one of the most fundamental rights in a civilised society: autonomy over one’s own body
Are overcomplicated back stories killing drama?
As Line of Duty now seems mired in the complexity of its own backstory, Alexander Larman asks if on-screen plots have become too complicated for us to enjoy
One year of Sir Keir
How does Starmer compare to Thatcher, Blair and Cameron?
Amnesty International is wrong to brand Alexei Navalny an anti-hero
The response to the political plight of Navalny has demonstrated that many civil rights organisations are neither principled nor brave
Kipling and Sinatra in Burma
The words Kipling chose should not be cancelled even if Frank Sinatra had a bit too much fun with them
A surprising celebration
Good Friday is both a demonstration of, and the only answer to, what has gone wrong with the world