Columns
A lawyer in Number 10
What of prime minister-in-waiting Keir Starmer’s views on legal issues?
Balance the books
Britain’s soaring debt may not be as sustainable in the long term as figures suggest
The final test
Jimmy Anderson has trotted up to the wicket 39,877 times in a Test match
Walk tall in these shoes
If you buy the best kit, it will last much longer
Bloody opposition
The Tories have left Britain in the hands of managers, judges and technocrats
A misguided election briefing
The Church must recognise there are Christians on both the left and right of politics
Heaven scent
Harrods is no help in the quest for Raffouche
Harriet Pester: Bookworld PR
Alas, not everything is plain sailing in the world of book-trade PR
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Pandæmonium
Better to reign in hell than serve in government
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Embrace uncool Britannia
Warhammer is a barnstorming British success, so why the lack of recognition?
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
A Boxing Day treat
It’s Boxing Day — and that means it’s the King George VI Chase at Kempton
