Artillery Row
Why update PG Wodehouse?
Cynically timed for Christmas, celebrity authors have reimagined the classic characters
Defenders of the faith
Why the King’s visit to the Holy See matters
The annexation election
The Irish Presidential contest contains yet more republican provocations
On the Casey
Whenever a problem is too big for Starmer, he reaches for Louise
London needs more homes, and it needs them soon
Regulations and inertia are making London impossible to build in
John Gray is wrong about postliberalism
A strong and energetic state requires a strong and energetic culture
Trump can’t fix Gaza
There can be no lasting peace between Hamas and Israel
The Anglican Communion has come of age
On the Archbishop of Canterbury’s ejection from the worldwide Anglican fellowship
Boris’s children
The subject he loves to forget
A civilised country wouldn’t support abortion up to birth
This barbaric idea has almost no public support
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
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 rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.
The global risks of the AI illusion
What if AI turns out to be a lot less profitable than we have been told?
When all you have is a Hermer
Why Lord Hermer is a strange fit as Attorney General
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Oldham, new problems
How changing demographics have reshaped culture and politics in Greater Manchester
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
The problem with optimisation
Feeling maximally healthy and productive is not the point of life
A day out at Unite the Kingdom
Tommy Robinson’s latest demonstration was a peculiarly hammy affair