Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
Fabian fry-up
After last night’s disco, a very hungover conference is ready for a hearty plate of social democracy
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
How procedure is enabling petty criminals
We should support workers who confront criminals
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Critical briefing: Tisza
What you need to know about the new Hungarian establishment
Killing the bill
Parliament has not approved assisted suicide — but the fight to revive it has already begun.
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Hurty words
Robust debate is to be celebrated, not condemned
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Russia’s useful internet addicts
No, Russia is not a beleaguered outpost of European values