Faslane
Does Britain need more nukes?
The Integrated Review: goodbye Middle East; hello South China Sea; but still Russia first
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Tory Utopias
1940s Conservatism was seething with creativity and optimism
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?