Franco
Fairgrounds, Franco, and the future of Spain
An author challenges her nation’s collective and individual self-deceptions
Spain and me
David Smith on why the years following Franco’s death will always hold a place in his heart
The dangerous lessons from Spain
Leading historian Nigel Jones argues the UK is now dangerously fractured along political lines
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Scruton and the roots of modern conservatism
Roger Scruton’s path from sophisticated soirées to a squalid Fleet Street pub
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
The idea of the countryside
English rural life in theory and practice
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
Junk food? More like junk statistics
New claims about the costs of obesity are wildly exaggerated
Enjoy some old Baileys
Few literary activities could give quite so much pleasure as reading the work of this brilliant but overlooked novelist
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Don’t let it go
Communal singing is good for the soul
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
