Book Review
The beginning of the end of the end of history
How the nineties helped to build the modern world
Pollyannaish study is a missed opportunity
Being Victorian: How it Felt Then, Why it Matters Now by Jamie Camplin
An elegant advocate for Van the man
John Vanbrugh: The Drama of Architecture by Charles Saumarez Smith
A populist wake-up call for centrists
The Great Realignment: Why the New Right is Here to Stay by Stephen Davies
The word from Britain’s streets
Patrick Galbraith fears for the health of an old friend
How to live better
Prosperity through Growth: Boosting Living Standards in
an Age of Autocracy and AI
A persuasive critique of identity politics
Not Your Victim: How Our Obsession with Race Entraps and Divides Us by
Marie Kawthar Daouda
The accidental case against assisted dying
Rabbi Jonathan Romain undermines the argument that he is trying to make
Alpine lyricism
Each day mimics the last, ending in a mountain refuge Holy Trinity of soup, fire and bed
The movies’ maestro
Hollywood’s most well-known tunesmith now has a doorstopper biography
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
Westminster is not Manchester
Andy Burnham would find being the PM a lot more difficult than being a mayor
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Taylor’s Version of feminism
Taylor Swift’s marriage is less a retreat from feminism than its logical conclusion
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Peston’s Inbox
Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
A garden reborn
a garden reborn
The man who knew too little
Faced with Mandelson, Starmer offers a bold defence: he didn’t know, and that’s what makes him blameless