Books
Smugly bugged by Brexit
Lionel Shriver reviews Ian McEwan’s ‘The Cockroach’
Ghostly good taste
Douglas Murray reviews ‘Old House of Fear’ by Russell Kirk
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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
Just a Prime Minister
Keir Starmer only seems to have one answer to his critics
Nice Tice
Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
Most of the world thinks differently to us
Universalism is based on irrational ideas about human nature
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Parade of defeats
Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
Ring engagement
The Mash meets The Ring!
What on Earth is the point of the Lib Dems?
With neither power nor principles, the party is an absolute waste of space
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow