Columns

Offence archaeology and the future of elections

We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology

First time thrills

Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains

The ephemeral Farage

Nigel Farage’s appearance in Parliament was as rare as it was undistinguished

The lonely death of Henry Nowak

We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case

A culture of death

Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life

Whip smart

Threatening the whipping system would be alarmingly stupid

Rewatching the English

English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define

Embers to tend

The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect

Saint Nicola

Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.

Joyous genre-bending

Milestones (Signum Classics)