Collecting
How I discovered secondhand books
A home with books is a launching pad for a life well lived, says Daniel Johnson
Closing the books
Thomas Woodham-Smith finds the latest research is online
Antiquarian enterprises
The highs and lows of antiquarian bookselling
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
What is behind the ECHR debate?
We should stop pretending that moral disagreements can be reduced to technical debates
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
Consent isn’t everything
Protections against violent sexual encounters are being dismantled
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
