Artillery Row
That Kemi reshuffle in full
The new Conservative frontbench is almost as full of talent as the last
Politicians have patronised the public for decades
Successive governments have failed to accept that their ideas are not just unpopular but wrong
The underground tobacco trade is thriving in Britain
Government measures have pushed smokers towards cheaper alternatives
Mad for it
A review of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opera Holland Park
Why we have no new ideas
We appear to have reasoned our way into an intellectual dead end
It is right to question psychiatry
A new book makes a brave attempt to confront the abuses of psychiatric treatment
The damaging myth of the “martial races”
An Imperial hangover has caused the elite romanticisation of Afghan migrants
Tough on Starmer, tough on the causes of Starmer
Plus Nigel Farage’s lightbulb moment
The quest for “positive role models” is quixotic and depressing
Young people should not have to look to celebrities for affirmation
A double dose of artistic idiosyncrasy
A review of “Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun” at Tate Britain
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Right-wingers must rediscover their principles
Internalising the logic of liberalism has made defeat inevitable
The chairwoman of the board
A story driven at a whip-crack pace, pulsing with manic energy and nail-biting
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
French lessons for Farage
Following the Makerfield defeat, Reform should look across the channel to Rassemblement National for strategies
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The Third China Shock?
We are unprepared for the possibility of a future Chinese hegemon
Migration musings
A new book on immigration is welcome in its honestly and openness
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe