Columns
Pray for the republicans
Rejoice in the sheer religiosity of the Coronation. It places the King above the political fray
The real coronation
Long to smarm over us
Part of the Union?
The SNP’s flair for self-harm is the last bulwark against Scottish independence
Crowning moment
The Coronation is more than a magnificent piece of theatre
Finding real answers
The inspiring promise of national conservatism
A real decolonisation dispute
Nobody has asked the Chagos Islanders if they wish to be independent of Britain
Adverts: social justice education
Take that patriarchy!
As safe as the bank of England?
Blame the Bank for soaring prices, not the working class, the elderly and the sick
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
