Agatha Christie
“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh
West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness
Remembering an Agatha Christ-mas
What maintains our fascination with the worlds of Agatha Christie?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The EU’s immigration asymmetry
Ten years on, the EU still hasn’t learned Brexit’s hard lesson on migration
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Equality of opportunity, and other bedtime stories
Britain cannot make progress if equality is its highest goal
Britain’s next moral panic
Half a century after abandoning state-backed “treatments” for homosexuality, Britain risks replacing one coercive system with another
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
The price is right
Stories about outrageously profligate eating have the appeal of scandal
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
