Daniel Craig
007’s licence to thrill is renewed
‘No Time to Die’ suggests that Daniel Craig’s James Bond will be a hard act to follow
Where are the calls for blasphemy laws coming from?
We should consider the voters as well as the politicians
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Season’s bleatings
Christmas is almost here, but our MPs are not in the festive spirit
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
