Jennifer Arcuri
I know thee not, old bean
Boris Johnson escapes traps set for him by his arch-nemesis, Boris Johnson
Boris and Jennifer Arcuri: case not closed
The IOPC review is wrong. Incriminating material highly pertinent to Johnson’s conduct does still exist.
Britain’s dismal choice
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn make this election a hold-your-nose-and-vote contest
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Farage the fumbler
Nigel Farage is not built for the highest positions of responsibility
The imprudence of Dame Prue
Dame Prue Leith is spreading errors about assisted suicide
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Brave new world or fools’ paradise?
For Dubai’s quarter of a million British expats, the Iran war is a mere blip in a luxurious lifestyle
A frozen war?
The US should put stubbornness aside and end the conflict with Iran
Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
Banish the business bullshit
Vacuous business-speak is not merely irritating, it can lead to bad decisions and bad outcomes
An ode to the examination
The end of in-person examinations would be the end of rational assessment
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
The testing of Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s first woman PM has proved a pragmatic conservative who has brought stability to her country