First lady of the law
The new Lord Chief Justice inherits a role with a rich and varied history
Judging the judges
Are Appeal Court judges always superior jurists? The jury is out …
Royals on the witness stand
Prince Harry is not setting a precedent with his recent appearance in court
Not justice, by a long stretch
Thousands of petty criminals face life in jail because of a failed sentencing policy
A real decolonisation dispute
Nobody has asked the Chagos Islanders if they wish to be independent of Britain
Against assisted suicide
How long before the right to die becomes a duty to die?
Posthumous courting
Sometimes love can conquer even the unimpassioned proceedings of the law courts
The myth of Winston’s legacy
The European Court of Human Rights was never a Conservative project
Bring back the traitors
To abandon the crime of treason is to move towards a post-national future
The people sing
The Chinese have had enough of lockdowns
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Retail politics
Beware a politician who has a book to sell
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
The royals needs better PR
We have seen too many royal disasters
Of course the culture wars matter
It is people who trivialise them who are not taking politics seriously
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
