crime novel
Of course we need opera
Click-hungry editors should stop enabling philistinism
The problem with Nigel Farage
The maverick Reform leader might be entertaining, but he is also unreliable
The scarlet letter
A touchy-feely Labour government must embrace the ugly reality of business
Turn down that bloody music
Historic occasions shouldn’t be ruined by narcissistic prats
Why Labour doesn’t understand the gender wars
Keir Starmer’s confusion on gender is the result of years of cowardice
The pitfalls of protecting beliefs
Parties should have the right to make foolish decisions about what ideas to exclude
Ringo Starr
The man cruelly mocked as “not even the best drummer in The Beatles” must be the most underrated musician of all time
British spies and the IRA
Blair, Clinton, Ahern et al were credited with putting together the Northern Ireland peace deal, but 800 British agents also played their part
Ulster’s deadly web
What if one of the most useful British agents inside the IRA was also a mass murderer?
Pro-parent policies can raise birth rates
Practical change can help people to have as many children as they want