Time to change the programme
The failed doctrine of liberal multiculturalism has dominated British political discourse for too long
A fearless, serious historian
A tribute to John Charmley, bold revisionist biographer of Chamberlain and Churchill
Britain’s constitutional knowledge crisis
Rory Stewart’s ignorance smells of Remainer entitlement
Seeing the big picture
The most enduring historical work reveals eternal truths about the human condition
Our enemies bring our friends closer
How can antipathy focus the mind in international relations?
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Britain should speak up for Egypt’s persecuted Christians
We should oppose blasphemy laws at home and abroad
A massive cross-party achievement
The new V&A East Museum has surpassed all expectations
Good enough for politics
We should be more willing to declare some political problems solved
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing