Book Review
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Cloaked Crusader
Richard I: valiant hero of Romance but also a perfidious, self-serving lord
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
Why nobody likes a smarty pants
Is it reasonable to conflate genuine intellectual endeavour with undue concern for supposed accuracy?
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
Information rage
Jacob Siegel’s new book The Information State is profound and troubling
A high-speed tour of European History
Europe: A New
History by Roderick Beaton
The battle between sacred and profane
When the divine law appears to clash with our sense of justice, can it truly be considered divine?
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Life for petty theft?
IPP sentences are a shocking stain on the criminal justice system that the Prime Minister would do well to kill off
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The Bible in the dock
Free speech for Christians is still under assault
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Let there be lightness
Black Comedy is best viewed as a breathtakingly accomplished technical exercise
Contra Kemi
Is Kemi Badenoch a principled opponent of identity politics or an anti-woke opportunist?
Our money, abroad
If Whitehall can’t stop taxpayers’ money reaching terrorists, it should stop sending it abroad
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution