Bernard Shaw
Operatic satire is a Shaw thing
The old Art has an armoury of skunk-like defence mechanisms to keep the unwashed at bay
Resurrecting Lavery
The decline of Sir John Lavery’s reputation was undeserved
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
Terry tackles literary lightweights
Is a distinguished professor right to hold intellectual biography in low esteem?
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Dear Prudence
A reflection on the Tory Party’s historic suspicion of interventionism
Like a homecoming
A haunted house
Orbánism is not dead
The veteran Hungarian prime minister is going but his agenda lives on
The masculinity crisis is a porn crisis
We have to do more to challenge the reshaping of culture by pornography
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Where is Britain’s vision?
Modern Britain has acquired a lack of national purpose, except for policies that are self-harming
Sir David Attenborough at sea
RRS Sir David Attenborough is a ship worthy of the great man’s name