jobs
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
We must embrace the AI revolution
Its risks are serious, but its uses could be miraculous
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Merkel the Disaster
The sad dolts in the room are wrong about the former German chancellor
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
