Bob Neill
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
So, farewell then Humza
One man was very impressed with Humza Yousaf’s resignation speech
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Fruitful discussion
Hannah’s Children is a sharp retort to assumptions about barefoot, bread-baking women harassed by scores of children and domineering husbands
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
