Columns
Manic and messianic
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Royal Shakespeare Company
Kemi at the crossroads
Kemi Badenoch cannot tell everybody what they want to hear
The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
There is no real argument for rejoining the EU — and nobody makes one
The Middle Kingdom and the middle powers
China’s clash with Western power shattered its civilisational self-image. Europe is heading for a similar reckoning
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Peston’s Inbox
Keir has my complete backing – Wes
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
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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
Reclaiming Christian nationhood
Linking the Christian faith to our national identity is not radical (or American)
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Green eggs and flam
A fine way to make herbes omelette
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The dark side of the White House
As in ancient Rome, power politics are always a promising arena for drama
We must save the right to smoke
Liberals must not put down the sword against paternalism
Zackonomics is incoherent and outdated
Zack Polanski is a great political entrepreneur but he is terrible at economics
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself