Portugal’s bookish dictator
At least in the eyes of his supporters, António de Oliveira Salazar succeeded in making Portugal great again
G.K. Chesterton and the pandemic
The prince of paradox predicted the absurdities of Covid lockdowns
Papa can you hear me?
Offering prayers for the government — God knows they need them
Trojan charities
Institutional drift leftwards does not have to be inevitable
The police are enabling Islamic intolerance
Where can we provoke if not at Speakers’ Corner?
Spaces of our own
What the backlash against women-only spaces reveals about rape, trauma and prejudice
Birth of a four decade nightmare
Time and again, Afghanistan has found its future decided from afar
The new cricket mindset
How England found their mojo
New stories from a very old city
A history as brilliantly labyrinthine as the city it describes
The Sea! The Sea!
Southbank Sinfonia Baroque at St John’s Smith Square
I spread disinformation, and I’m very sorry
In which our brave author is found guilty of trying to be funny online
A bird-lover’s lament
Patrick Galbraith’s debut offers a quirkily enjoyable journey through a netherworldly Britain