Armed Forces
It’s time Britain moved to warfighting readiness
War-readiness is necessary for protecting our democracy
Losing our ships
The Royal Navy has sold its amphibious assault ships – so what?
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
Right-wing fight night
A debate over the future of right-wing politics in Britain offered little heat and less light
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
New model Auntie
David Elstein spells out the big decisions that Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director-general, needs to make very quickly in order to save the Corporation
Any foreigner can have a UK degree — for a fee
Every British university has been chasing the benefits of foreign income with frenzied excitement
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down