Crime
The abandoned middle
The chancellor’s budget fails to take the side of ordinary people
Final frontiers
Adam LeBor on two TV series that are set in border regions, that feature engaging female characters and that are beautifully filmed
Murders for the summer holidays
Jeremy Black recommends a menagerie of disturbing animal-themed stories to entertain throughout the summer
The American nightmare
San Francisco should serve as a cautionary tale as to what can happen when “progressive” far-left ideology dominates politics
Murders for late June
From midnight Parisian walks and femmes fatales to jazz and corruption, Jeremy Black rounds up the best murders
Murders for late May
From psychological character studies to witty and fast-paced detective novels, Jeremy Black rounds up the best crime fiction for late Spring
The detective who knew too much
Ian Thomson delves into the most-investigated unsolved killing in British history as the investigation report was finally released on 15 June
Murder on the Dancefloor?
Government plans to send undercover police into nightclubs are absurd and destructive
The Police Bill isn’t the threat to democracy the Left say it is
If you’re looking for the enemies of free speech, you’re looking the wrong way, argues Robert Poll
Women need to demand freedom, not safety
Calls to change public life to protect women set a bad precedent for the way in which we view women’s freedom