Kevin Hague
The SNP is winning. What is the plan to stop them?
Nicola Sturgeon runs rings around her Scottish opponents. But are there stronger adversaries in Whitehall?
Identity politics in these islands
A new forum sets out to save the UK – but time is ticking
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Ultra processed arguments
Public health commentators cannot seem to decide what is safe to eat
The world is not enough
In the battle between abstract globalisation and rooted identity, the human spirit itself is at stake
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
A matter of life and death
It is not the job of judges to tell someone that they are wrong for believing in life
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024