Donkey work
The prime minister is rather less than a natural orator
F.I.B.S.
Why do the MSM keep reporting the words that Farage says?
They can’t really mean this
The Long Walk is a film for a Trumpian time of delight in random public cruelty
Flattering the beast
For now, the kingdom has bought off the monster
The man who made us melt
Robert Redford was a charismatic actor and a masterful storyteller
Slingers and arrows
One man decided to hold the pass
Divorced, Defected, Danny!
Have a little faith
Brad Pitt has the formula for success
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before
Oh Mandy …
Peter Mandelson Resignation Day seems to come sooner every year
Kemi does good PMQs shocker!
Plus: Could Mandy get three resignations in three different decades?
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
A new course for Cuba
The United States should give up its futile and arrogant dreams of regime change
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
Manchesterism is dead in the water
Andy Burnham already appears to have abandoned hope for meaningful change
Mahmood music
Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms are a lot less tough than they sound
The student loan debate misses the real question
Degrees should be less essential but more valuable
Beyond Carmen
Georges Bizet: The piano works (Hyperion)
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground