John Kampfner
European champions
Kampfner has written a scrupulously researched yet not uncritical tribute to postwar Germany
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
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
The UK’s messiest election ever?
Trying to predict the results of the next election is a mug’s game
Losing control of the narrative
The British establishment no longer sets the terms of public debate over migration
The radical feminism—Christianity pipeline
For radical feminists, clarity about the realities of sex often opens onto a search for moral order
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
The poetry of Easter
Reason cannot entirely account for the particular and the mysterious
Auntie’s autumn
Rather than wage war on the Beeb, a Reform government should strip it of its monopoly and force British broadcasting to compete again
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
The intractable problems pulling modern Britain apart
When does upholding free speech become an act of self-sabotage?
On travellers and trail hunting
Left-wingers have bizarrely irrational double standards when it comes to protecting culture