Canterbury
Double trouble in chaotic Comedy
Great times to be had in Canterbury despite occasionally clunky comedy and some scandalously overpriced wine
Major Lapse
How can a man who leaves state secrets at the bus stop keep his job?
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
The gifts of gentle density
There are all but endless benefits to building more beautifully
Sad Scottish schadenfreude
For too many nationalists, England losing is mistaken for Scotland winning
An ode to the examination
The end of in-person examinations would be the end of rational assessment
A criminal abuse of the law
Our criminal justice system is deferential to those who abuse it while coming down hard on the innocent
Cringing at the cliffedge
How British satire, and British politics, became painfully unfunny
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation
Should I buy Breaky Bottom?
England’ greatest vineyard is up for sale for the first time. Henry Jeffreys looks into whether it will make a good business proposition.
The SNP is in a Peter Murrell muddle
The Peter Murrell case has exposed the rot at the heart of the SNP’s political culture
The Red Sea rules the Red Wall
The bond market does not care about levelling up, devolution or Manchester. It cares about oil, inflation and the Strait of Hormuz