Hilaire Belloc
Infinite enjoyment
Duff Cooper understood wine’s power as ‘firm friend and wise councillor’
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
Keir the coward
Narrowing the borders of permissible opinion will not solve Britain’s societal crises
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
Parliamentary sovereignty (extreme edition)
Rwanda is safe. How do we know? Because we said so.
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret