Artillery Row
Time to extend?
A crisis is the worst time to prolong the Brexit transition period
The Knobjective Worldview
The creators of the internet can’t stand the idea we have messy, human bodies
The Rise of the Dominics
Dominic Green on the prevalence of his own name
Rebecca Long Bailey – classroom warrior
On schools policy, Keir Starmer is no heir to Blair
Why are we in thrall to conmen?
Alexander Larman looks forward to new drama Quiz on ITV
Leading by tantrum
Jeremy Black reviews Hitler: Downfall 1939-45 by Volker Ullrich
Does tuberculosis vaccination hold clues to Covid-19’s spread?
Is the correlation between widespread use of BCG vaccination and low Covid-19 rates significant?
Is the House empty?
Prayer, plague and the Person of Christ
The newest think-tanks
Your guide to the latest start-ups from wonk-world
Breaking the Cardinal Rule
A disturbing miscarriage of justice reveals Australia’s judicial system is in poor shape
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
Playing by numbers
Attacking the Space:
Inside Rugby’s Tactical and Data
Revolution by Sam Larner
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Papal pressures
The Pope was well-received in Spain, but political tensions have been mounting
How to build a Europe of the peripheries
Resetting Britain’s relations with the EU should not mean being beholden to France and Germany
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
Let’s pay MPs less
MPs are getting another inflation-busting pay rise — even as the country they govern grows poorer
Borne back into the past … of Bolton
Oh no, not another cliche!