Artillery Row
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Anti-Christian persecution is an international problem
Britain should use its diplomatic influence to help
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
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.
A rare interview proved a delight
Eavesdropping on two intelligent people sharing a civilised conversation about interesting things
Britain must call its exiles home
The nation cannot continue to lose its top talent
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
We must end the tyranny of the Treasury
Short-term and parochial thinking has made us weaker and less safe
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT