Cabinet
Leaving the man cave
What drew David Cameron back to politics?
Why are British politicians such utter bores?
Mediocre people for mediocre times
The odd couples
Against the Prime Minister/Chancellor diarchy
“Good chaps” need not apply
Lord Chancellors who respect inconvenient unwritten rules are no longer welcome
The toothless lord
Lord Geidt has not started well as the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests
Most Read
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
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
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The trans war on reality
Trans activists loudly trumpet a false mythology
of victimhood. In fact, trans people are more
likely to kill than be killed,
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum
Metamorphoses at the
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
The roots of hatred
Antisemitism, an ancient subject, has once again become a hot topic
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
Decolonisation dissected
This toxic and destructive ideology must be rejected
Nowhere left to go
Labour is running out of cash, authority and time.