Choice
We are being governed by economic illiterates
The establishment does not understand the relationship between producers and consumers
Delusions of choice
A near-naked stunt raises uncomfortable questions about relationships and control
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
Fear and fury in Belfast
Violence spiralled out of control in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of a shocking crime
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
It’s not a level pitch
Where did it all go wrong for Crystal Palace?
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Won over by a stately Italian saga
A fictional Italian president and a cinema spin-off
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world