Seek out The Ballad of Wallis Island
Soderbergh’s misses are better than a lot of other people’s hits
Our position is No More U-Turns
Slowly going round in circles
Red on Red
Ducking the big challenges, preferably into a large body of water
Death to the BBC!
BBC Parliament fails to pull a broadcast of anti-Reithian chants
Mumbling “no fire” in a blazing theatre
Keir Starmer’s impersonation of normalcy is less than convincing
Love, PEACE and PROSPERITY!
The sketch is now in effect. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!
Motherhood and apple war
One tries evasion, one tries confusion, and one wants conflict in all circumstances
Notes on suicide
The assisted dying debate had the incongruous air of a garden party
Philp bombs
The tension might have been too much for the shadow home secretary
Cruise control on a thrilling ride
Real stunts deliver an excitement that CGI can’t
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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
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
English football is not boring
Greater competition is being confused with dullness
Gas shock therapy
Ed Miliband must abandon his absurd and failing approach to energy
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
London vs the rest of the country
The publishing industry should aim to be more provincial and less metropolitan
Can we get removals right?
Deporting illegal migrants is a lot more difficult than promising to deport them
A moment of profound national unseriousness
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch know that the world faces crises — but are they part of the crises?
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect