Court of St James’s
Diplomatic baggage
The EU is now demanding that it has an ambassador of equal standing to any nation state. So is the EU a state after all?
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Am I prepared to help my mum die?
Euthanasia poses impossible questions about life and death
Alexandre de Moraes is no hero
Don’t make X an ex-X
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
