Honours
Sir Tony embraces the old
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
Is it time for the honours system to go?
From the questionable calibre of candidates to clandestine cancellations, Michael Collins queries the future of this (not so) honourable tradition
Actors do love gongs
Stars of the stage are more likely to feature in the Honours list than the people who write their scripts
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
London is broken
Local politics can’t offer the renewal our nation’s capital desperately needs
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Paean to a green and pleasant land
The finest living example of that perennial English type, the countryman-writer
A magnificent navy on land
The state of the British Armed Forces triumphantly vindicates Parkinson’s Law
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Lord’s and ladies
The first women’s Test is a welcome step forward
In praise of the English football fan
No one likes them, they don’t care — and good for them
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The memory wars
Poland and Ukraine must find some way to stop falling out over history
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Signal failure
Ministers love announcing transformative mega-projects, but millions of commuters would settle for an internet connection that actually works