Conservatism
Why conservatism is rational
Conservatives should take pride in the rationality of their reasoning
A radical right-wing trio
A new generation of radicals in France see their political mission as nothing less than saving European civilisation
Welcome to the age of anglo-pessimism
It’s not been the best week to be a small-c conservative
I went to anti-woke Davos
The ARC of justice is long, and bends towards complacency
Profile: Rory Stewart
The cerebral Old Etonian podcaster might be a deep thinker and was possibly even a spy but he lacks the substance to be a great political leader
What the Polish election means
It has major implications for conservatism and left-liberalism in Europe
Confected outrage doesn’t change the facts about the family
Why does British political debate often disregard children’s interests?
Legacy of failure
13 years of missed chances, bungled crises and miserable inaction
Flourish we must
British conservatives must focus on action over rhetoric
Conservatism’s America problem
The British right is buying into a failed US culture war
Most Read
The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
Protecting what matters
The government’s new integration and extremism policy exposes a regime in denial
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
Tony Blair cannot escape politics
And our politics cannot escape from Tony Blair
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
Sundown on Sandown
How can we save British seaside towns?
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse