James Callaghan
Britain’s last conservative prime minister
A new collection of essays provides a welcome reappraisal of Labour leader James Callaghan, says Graham Stewart
Tense present
Our demand for immediacy makes it difficult to appreciate the past, the present or the future
A shot of Christmas spirit
The Old Vic’s “A Christmas Carol” is properly affecting
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
Fear and loving
Cricket in the West Indies has not been the same since the loss of Malcolm Marshall
Who killed the Women’s Equality Party?
Taken over and destroyed by men
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Murders of 2024
Jeremy Black reviews the best (and worst) murders from the last year
How Australia punished smokers and normalised firebombs
Smoking restrictions have fuelled the Australian tobacco wars
Why was a foreign rapist in Britain?
The sad background to a horrific case
