Fiction
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
Murders for April
Make sure it is the cruellest month with this detective fiction
The story of a lifetime
Whole life novels lay bare the randomness and haphazardness of life
The genre that came in from the cold
Why we love spy fiction
A man adrift
Flesh, by David Szalay, is not radically masculine but quietly humanist
Why conservatives should read more fiction
Conservatism can be fun and imaginative as well as insightful
Why bankers are living saints
Fiction and drama are filled with unhappy financiers, but the real world is very different
The decline of the great literary name
Where are the Don Quixotes and the Anna Kareninas of the modern age?
Low mimetic nation
Why Britain keeps mistaking TV for real life
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
How the Southport riots broke Starmer’s government
A combination of authoritarianism and hypocrisy proved fatal
UK defence readiness is indefensible
Silence is no longer an option — Britain’s Chief of the Defence Staff must resign
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Paris cinema
There are no songs or movies about Paris in the winter
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
Questions for the Munich hawks
It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Reform’s reality gap
Behind the rhetoric of mass deportations, Reform UK’s numbers and logistics don’t yet add up
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again