Gavin Newsom
Letter from Washington: She’s running
Caitlyn Jenner’s candidacy is the latest blow to any distinction between celebrity and politics
Is Starmer the anti-Thatcher?
He does not have the right ambition and imagination
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome