Fort Brecqhou
The ultimate luxury
Clive Aslet says the Barclay brothers were prescient when they built their grand private castle on Brecqhou. Today, true privacy is something only serious money can buy
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Crisis of leadership
No Tory can seriously expect conservatism from Kemi Badenoch
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024