Harold Gilman
The life-long genius of Sickert
There is more to the artist than the Camden Town years of his most famous paintings
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Free speech is fascist
Words must be controlled to ensure that Starmer’s subjects behave themselves
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Who are the Scottish Conservatives?
The election of Russell Findlay to lead the Scottish Conservatives reveals a party that doesn’t know what it stands for
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy