Columns

Make a spectacle of oneself

Don’t skimp on the coronation; the monarchy is a drama that speaks to all our hearts

Flights of fancy

The background noise of safetyism

Drag queens teach vital lessons

The last thing these people want is attention

The games people play

The fascination with esoteric sports with quirky rules and limited spread

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Sadiq Khan has been ordered to explain his ousting of Met police chief Cressida Dick

Live on TV: history at work

The making of a TV historian

Simply the best

It is not just trophies and success that mark out Federer, but grace, personality and charm

Saints and sinners

The dotty suggestion the Queen be canonised is an expression of a hope she will not be forgotten

The state we’re in

Britain isn’t working any more

Arsenic and old lace

Autumn arrives and nostalgia descends