Edward Jones
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing
The end of corporate silence
Louis Mosley’s demolition of Zack Polanski shows how companies are learning to confront political fantasy head-on
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all
Keep the state out of sex
Bureaucracy should not be allowed into the bedroom
Steel blues
The Government’s new steel strategy is stupid and destructive
It’s time to scrap SLAPPs
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation are stifling debate in Britain
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
How to save a church
Social media stunts, however well intentioned, will not rescue our churches