Country House
How Evelyn Waugh saved the English country house
The improbable democratisation of an aristocratic institution
The ultimate luxury
Clive Aslet says the Barclay brothers were prescient when they built their grand private castle on Brecqhou. Today, true privacy is something only serious money can buy
The future of Britain’s stately homes
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?
Another Country
Fiona Duncan loves hotels that do things differently
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
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Leading us a not- so-merry dance
Virtually every moment of physical theatre has to include some sort of balletic lunge
The truth about the “Quiet Revival”
Churches have been growing in Britain — just not all of them
The shape of a different Britain
Early modernist homes in Frinton-on-Sea capture a moment of confidence in a rapidly changing world
First time thrills
Most of all, it was a tournament of heroes and villains
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
A case for Classics
Eager minds are being failed by a smug and short-sighted cultural establishment
Climate alarmism must not be unquestionable
We have succumbed to herd-like thinking over renewable energy
Against the scolding mob
MPs have helped to create the puritanism that is now coming for their drinks