Was William Hague overestimated where Sir Keir Starmer is still underestimated?

Sheldon Adelson, one of Trump’s largest individual donors, has died; leaving his wife to continue their high-stakes political influence over America and Israel

Sir Roger Scruton’s religious views are dissonant but beautiful

Despite its length, Philip Mansel’s biography of the Sun King is ‘a welcome prize for any reviewer’

Contrary to what left-wing commentators might think, Steve Bannon’s podcast is no haven for fascists or white supremacists

Insult for its own sake is childish and banal, but the ability to strongly criticise any creed is absolutely vital in a healthy democracy

The Home Secretary ought to be up to the job

Recording guidelines are obscuring rather than clarifying the real extent of Covid’s impact on excess deaths

Sir Roger Scruton moved through personal tragedy and objective philosophy to justify wine as a “social intoxicant”

The Arab Spring didn’t amount to much, but when the US killed Soleimani last year it was a unexpectedly positive counterpoint