Horace
The humanity of Horace
The wisdom of someone who has lived a little is at the heart of the verse of the ancient poet who was adopted as the mascot of the Enlightenment
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
St. Vincent
The acclaim is excessive but the talent undeniable
Two-tier immigration?
Britain has its border priorities out of whack
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
Confessions of a Melbourne Bus-Fare Evader
I am become bus, destroyer of bourgeois class consciousness
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
