Edmund Burke
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Fathers of the republic
A long overdue reassessment of the whiskered High Victorian statesmen whose fervent but nuanced nationalism did so much to forge modern Ireland
Conservatism as tradition
Living in the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be
A flag worth defending
Ukraine’s brave struggle reminds us of the importance of national patrimony
Measure for measure
Give the imperial system its due weight and worth
Nothing ventured
Why the statue-smashers can’t tolerate civil society
Liberals aren’t their own worst enemies
Why do so many Western liberals behave as if they agree with Putin’s critique of Western liberalism?
Liberalism: a bad idea and how to cope with it
The piecemeal constitutional “reforms” of the last 20 years fall on the liberal side and the results have been predictably disastrous
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Hi-energy nutrients
Schoenfield, Vivier, Bartok &c (Accentus Music)
Leo Varadkar is still stirring division
The former Taoiseach should have more humility
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
