Heritage
Battle of the bells and the boutique hotel
Charles Saumarez Smith on the campaign to save the historic London foundry that produced both Big Ben and the Liberty Bell
Is this the end for the National Trust?
Proposed money-generating changes could be the demise of a national treasure
The Fate of Hagia Sophia
Will Hagia Sophia’s Christian heritage survive under President Erdoğan’s ‘neo-Ottoman’ vision?
Most Read
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
In defence of the Freedom of Information Act
We should not let our access to information held by public authorities be diminished
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
Joyous genre-bending
Milestones (Signum Classics)
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read
The pro-nature case for regulatory reform
England’s environmental regime hasn’t delivered a restoration of nature — only decline, delay, and bureaucracy
Rewatching a TV show from a lost world
In River Cottage, a chef escaped to Dorset from London in search of the good life
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
A garden reborn
a garden reborn