Adrian Wooldridge
In praise of meritocracy
Grammar schools, Tony Crosland and the Encounter club
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
You were warned
Badenoch’s election means bad news for the Tories
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Don’t exploit Gisèle Pelicot’s story
Her legal triumph should be the start and not the end of the reckoning
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
