Alan Clark
In defence of reading diaries
We experience people at their most depressed and their most joyful; their most selfish and their most generous
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
More drama, less news
An element of fiction can bring insights and humanity that pure non-fiction lacks
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
Wetherspoons is the heart of local Britain
Tim Martin deserves a knighthood for creating a triumph for real British society
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history