by-election
Beyond the one-man band
With defections looming and insiders hedging their bets, Reform faces an awkward question: who actually fills its benches?
The Corbynista right need a reality check
Reform UK are being pragmatic, not abandoning their principles
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback
Get ready for the worst World Cup ever
FIFA is scoring a pathetic own goal with its treatment of football
All the Mendelssohn you will ever need
Mendelssohn: Symphonies and Oratorios (Deutsche Grammophon)
The fire in him
Gary Oldman is superb in Krapp’s Last Tape at the Royal Court
Empire State Madrid
Can a stagnant Spain rediscover the future? Hope lies with its capital
Today Havering, tomorrow Westminster
The local elections exposed a political class united mainly by its inability to feel embarrassment
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Plant sentience
Pollination, long treated as a largely mechanical transaction, begins to look more like a dialogue
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo