Jimmy Goldsmith
A gentleman and a player
The well-rounded life of Stuart Wheeler
BoJo’s Life of Johnson
Exclusive extracts of perhaps the best autobiography by a former Conservative prime minister called Boris
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
The dam of Spanish eco-politics creaks
Will no death toll make elites reconsider green overreach?
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
