David Mellor
Silk but no silken tongue
Sometimes the top legal officers need to give the government advice it doesn’t want to hear
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country
Beyond the binge
Let’s try subtlety
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The Starmer strikes back
In a galaxy far, far from stable, Labour’s leadership chaos overshadows the King’s Speech
In defence of lunchtime drinks
Hannah Spencer is being a tedious puritan
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.