Irene Coslet
The truth about Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was actually a black woman
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
Rich portrait of a master poet
Auden, Peter Ackroyd
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
The Reparations Game
Chris and Henry talk to Nigel Biggar about reparations.
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture
Peston’s Inbox
Farage: I’m not worried
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
Reform should not abandon free markets
Nigel Farage should stick to his liberal guns against the forces of collectivism
Britain in 1776
What does it mean to be living through history?
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
Has the arts sector learned nothing?
Tripling down on identity politics and censoriousness would be fatal