Elizabeth I
Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest
This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Dungeons & Dragons made me
Was I a pudgy kid clutching pencils and a dice, or Dar Strongrip exploring a cursed castle?
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
The “open borders experiment” is reversible
Keir Starmer can and should change the conditions by which migrants become eligible for Indefinite Leave To Remain status
Tablets of stone
Tech firms increasingly set the rules when it comes to education
A bloodless coup in Bucharest
How can elections be cancelled without substantive reasons even being presented?
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations