Features

Don’t shoot the piano man

A silent film pianist was blacklisted from the BFI for supporting J.K. Rowling

Terence Rattigan

The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry

Hungary: treading a fine line

Can it stay equidistant from the great powers while maintaining trade connectivity?

Keir: more than just a lucky general

Neither Left nor Right can accept that Starmer’s impressive focus and strategic sense is responsible for transforming Labour’s prospects

Five rules for governing

Use your power, bring back politics, extend your wings, rebuild your base — and govern in poetry

Where the Tories must go from here

The Conservative Party must set aside backbiting in favour of building a radical political project that can appeal to young and old alike

Why levelling up failed

We must think local in order to foster growth

Whistler in black and white

A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance

Why so few men take up the pen

With publishing now such a female-dominated industry, it’s no surprise that there are so few men writing fiction

We must punish the parents

How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?