DfiD FCO merger
From Britain, with more discriminating love
Properly implemented, the FCO-DfID merger could bring benefits home and away
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
The Conservatives can still reform our cultural institutions
The Tories should cut the Blob down to size before Keir Starmer comes to power
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society