Emily Brand
It ran in the family
Alexander Larman reviews Fall of the House of Byron, by Emily Brand
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
The EU is leaving Britain behind on immigration
The continent is waking up to the need for solutions, and Britain must wake up as well
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Oxford elects
Meet the denizens of Oxford’s disenchanted garden currently competing for the university’s top sinecure
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them