Features

Getting our lame ducks in a row

Government energy policy is fuelling the collapse of Britain’s dwindling manufacturing sector

A fearless, serious historian

A tribute to John Charmley, bold revisionist biographer of Chamberlain and Churchill

The curious case of Project Spire

How could a project so contentious be within the Church Commissioners’ charitable purposes?

Lord Boothby

A sexually voracious bisexual buffoon who was rescued from infamy by powerful friends

Populism’s problem

The anti-elitism inherent in working-class, right-wing movements will prove their downfall

The tyranny of equality

Blinkered policy focus on eliminating inequality might end up making us all worse off

The church and slavery: the facts

The Church of England’s self-flagellation over its supposed past investments in the slave trade is based on seriously flawed research

An unconvincing case for Israel

Murray always seem to frame the facts in a manner that is maximally sympathetic to Israel

Lessons of the conclave

Pope Leo XIV must resist the siren call of celebrity culture and follow his own faith

Nicolas (30 ans)

With his well-paid white-collar job in the capital, 30-year-old Nick ought to be living in clover — so why isn’t he?