Columns

A doctor’s rites

Theodore Dalrymple reveals how the choice of words in medical obituaries are important

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