Independence Day
In with a bang. Out with a whimper
The state bankrolled nationwide celebrations for Britain joining the European Community. Not so the leaving party.
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
The death of an Anglo-Hungarian Painting
Nine months after a savage act of vandalism at Trinity College Cambridge, anger is growing at its lacklustre response
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
