Jonathan Miller
Death of a polymath
The great British opera director Jonathan Miller has died aged 85. Here is one of his last interviews
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
Progressive realism
Can Labour’s new foreign policy doctrine work in our troubled world?
Digging the Holy Land’s past
Our modern controversies about Jerusalem have ancient and medieval roots
Perfect victims and a tale of two films
Don’t idealise victims — listen to them
The first female President will be Republican
American conservatives are far less averse to assertive women than the political left
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
White male conservatives for identity politics
Kemi Badenoch’s supporters should have fewer illusions
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
Improvement and impoverishment
Urban life from the poorhouse to the public house
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
