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
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The problem with Palantir
The software company is attempting to redefine politics for the worse
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
Dismantle the infrastructure of censoriousness
Digital technology and private intelligence are bolstering cultural censoriousness in universities
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
IPSO has to go
A regulator built to uphold standards has become a partisan censor — the right must walk away before it is too late
The regressive feminism of “angry young women”
Gen Z’s radical vanguard have built their worldview on unprogressive foundations
Civilisation needs silence
On cooing babies and other noisy performances