Archives
No more Mr Nice Guy
Starmer fails to land a blow on a Boris Johnson who is up for a scrap
How the lockdown restored my mental health
The message from a nagging government is unexpectedly liberating
Who’s Karen?
A New Archetype for the 21st Century
Britain’s George Floyd protesters exude the stench of humbug
The London demonstrators want to feel good without having to behave well
We’re all China hawks now
If Dominic Raab was expecting to be attacked from the left, he was sorely mistaken
Is Boris Johnson the wrong man?
And do we still have a national story? With Simon Heffer and Jeremy Black
Was the Peterloo Massacre good for public health?
How pre-vaccination societies held greater freedoms than we do today
Linguistic confusion
Dominic Hilton has more trouble with English than Spanish in Argentina
The dangerous lessons from Spain
Leading historian Nigel Jones argues the UK is now dangerously fractured along political lines
Emerging from Sri Lanka’s lockdown: a morning at Colombo’s booksheds
A S H Smyth pays a visit to one of his favourite places in Colombo
Butchering La bohème
Opera is “relatable” already
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Lock her up
And, simultaneously, let him go
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
Southport and the inescapability of politics
There is nothing essentially wrong with talking about immigration
Trojan horse separatism
Spanish unity is being bartered away in a game of political greed as a Catalan coup-leader is allowed to stroll back into the country
