Hugh Grant
Happy birthday to Hugh
Hugh Grant’s acting career has experienced a well-earned renaissance in recent years
Nightmare on Starmer Street?
Bigger government is coming — but there is no avoiding it
Identity politics has undermined policing
Sir Mark Rowley should address the partiality of the police
Planning for success
Even with its huge majority, Labour has a finite amount of political capital. It should spend a great deal of it on planning reform
There is no human right to assisted suicide
Lady Hale is wrong about the existing laws
No party for female voters
Gender-critical feminists have almost no one worth supporting
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
Itchen for fishing
Good fishing, books and beer remind us that not everything is awful
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
What have the Romans ever done for us?
Apart from the aqueducts, sanitation, roads, irrigation, medicine, education, wine, public baths and town planning