Columns
The desert martinet
Viscount Montgomery: tactless, arrogant and with no instinct for politics
Squalid optimist
The PM’s mendacity about the sunlit uplands of New Model Britain is psychotic
The UK’s four nations can be reinvented and flourish
The Anglo-British belief in national self-government could forge a new path
A year to forget, already
Who will stand up to the stupidity of the electorate?
A philosopher of deeds
Roger Scruton was a doer as well as a thinker
The International Criminal Court is a mess
If the ICC had brought more warlords to justice, it might have earned our respect
Tom’s ghostly debut
X.Trapnel on the latest publishing politics
Purge the puritans
Marcus Walker regrets the new age of joylessness
What will Brexit do?
No control has been taken back. Even if it is, what will be done with it?
Welcome waste land
The marshes, creeks, hulks and hidden beaches of the Thames estuary are thrilling
Freedom and solitude
Loneliness is not just a side-effect of Coronavirus: it’s been here for a while
The nation’s favourite: why Coronation Street matters
As Coronation Street celebrates its diamond jubilee, is it time to take it seriously as the chronicler of our times?
Why contemporary feminists are wrong about policing children’s television
Once we start using the political concerns of the adult world to moralise about the imaginative realm of children, we’re in trouble
Will Boris go for woke?
The Common Sense Group is seeking to stiffen the government’s resolve
Will Boris Johnson be the last Prime Minister of the UK?
The prime minister sees himself as the greatest unionist that has ever occupied Downing Street, yet it is he who is bringing the Union to the brink
The BBC’s worst mistake
A separate channel dedicated to British sport could have saved the BBC
Tank warfare – its past and future
Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about the century of the tank
Smart work from the Old Vic
The Old Vic shows the way
John Longworth: My role in Brexit
…and why I broke away from Nigel Farage
Giya Kancheli: Poetry of Silence (Gramola)
Kancheli’s miniatures grip you by the throat and won’t let you do anything else until it’s over