Artillery Row

Arafat and me

David Smith on the time he spent with Yasir Arafat, the former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization

Where the heart is

The government needs to face down its enemies on planning reform

What is the Bell v Tavistock appeal really about?

Sarah Phillimore summarises the events from the first day of the Bell v Tavistock appeal

Woke of the Rings

The Tolkien society is scanning the author’s work for signs of cishetero amatonormativity

The British military in the Second World War – slow or quick learners?

Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about how Britain’s armed forces adapted to the challenges of fighting the Second World War

Activism works

If this stuttery, scatterbrained autist can become an activist, there really is no excuse for anybody else

All the world’s a stage

For Boris there’s no difficulty transitioning from panel shows to PMQs

Ralph Fiennes, Four Quartets and the future of theatre

It’s impossible to hear Eliot’s meditations and not be reminded of our current national ordeal

Nobody expects the BBC Inquisition

The man who would do anything for a scoop

Dominic Hilton’s Buenos Aires Diary 8.0

Dominic Hilton meets a nun on national day and tries an Argentine MRI