Banter
Stop Labour’s “banter bouncers” before it’s too late
Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill would turn everyday conversation into a legal minefield
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The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The mother of all U-turns
Kemi Badenoch discovered that backing wars and opposing petrol prices is harder than it looks
A bore and a balm
Inferno: Behzod Abdurimov (Alpha Classics)
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Literary freedom is in the gutter
The disappearance of a praiseful review for a “cancelled” writer is as disturbing as it is bizarre
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
Keir Starmer is causing trouble over the Troubles
The government should stop caving in over Northern Ireland legacy issues
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes