Crime Fiction
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Murders for March
Stirring dull roots with spring blood
Crime and Christianity
Dorothy L. Sayers may not have been the most assiduous warden, but she served her church in the best way she could
Murders for November
Time to snuggle up with the best of crime fiction
Murders for September
The best and worst crime fiction for September
Murders for August
A massive melange of murder mysteries
Murders for July
My murder of the month is The Other Couple by Diane Jeffrey
Murders for May
A look at some murderously good talent and some old re-releases
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Britain must not liberalise surrogacy laws
We are already endangering women and girls
Conservatives should learn from Labour
We might disagree with the ideas of Labour politicians, but we can learn from their methods
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
Complaints about right-wing “fake news” have obscured the biggest misinformation problem
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again