Herman Goering
The paradox of Nazi culture
The Nazis were so obsessed with the otherness of the Jews that they created an alternative cultural universe for them
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
Gregory Halting
Procrastinator extraordinaire
A profound Tory
Simon Heffer’s biography of Enoch Powell very much deserves revisiting
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
Time for change?
A new book might overstate the durability of Trumpian politics
Do machines laugh?
The experience of amusement defies a reductionist approach to the mind
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes