Backstop
Creative ambiguity in a hall of mirrors
Are the mixed messages of the Internal Market Bill accident or design?
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Why Britain needs Popular Conservatism
The Conservative Party has not fulfilled the promise of Brexit or overcome the legacy of Blair
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
There is no conservative case for Keir Starmer
Despairing at the Tories is understandable, but the opposition of your opposition is not your ally
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings