Hugh Bonneville
Pirate of the Caribbean
The world of cruise ship entertainment was traditionally the domain of the middle-ranking theatrical
Who will be the next National Treasure?
After Dame Judi Dench’s resignation as a “national treasure”, Romeo Coates considers the runners and riders for the role
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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
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Britain lacks a party of the young
Britain’s alienated young are drifting leftwards because no serious movement on the right is speaking to their interests
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Our new five-party system
First-past-the-post no longer means
an electoral carve-up between the
Tories and Labour, allowing “fringe”
parties real political influence
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
The vague vision of Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer was competent but directionless on foreign policy
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
