Columns
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
Greek good news
Budget balancing works — and naive spendthrift Keynesianism doesn’t
Liberalism: a bad idea and how to cope with it
The piecemeal constitutional “reforms” of the last 20 years fall on the liberal side and the results have been predictably disastrous
Priests and palaces
The Archbishops don’t realise the significance of the church building
The rules of secession
The rules for calling and winning referenda should be set in law
Why Lord Sumption is wrong about the coronavirus shutdown
Joshua Rozenberg says lockdown measures are a price worth paying
Stag do
Patrick Galbraith takes a shot at deer stalking
French with tears
Claudia Savage-Gore bravely faces up to disastrous seven-plus results
Rebecca Long Bailey – classroom warrior
On schools policy, Keir Starmer is no heir to Blair