European Council
No deal Brexit? What about the deal that is already signed?
The government’s commitment to the Withdrawal Agreement compromises a clean break Brexit
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
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
The new equality bar
Is the Bar Standards Council really fit to enforce a proposed raft of new equality rules?