Labour Party
Starmer’s silence
Why won’t Labour stand by women?
Return to Reith
Why conservatives need to do more than bash the Beebs
In defence of good grammar
Why Angela Rayner needs to stop torturing our language
Happy New Keir!
Starmer channels his Mr Darcy
Labour’s chance at last?
Starmer ends 2021 ahead in the polls with Boris Johnson on the ropes
The Boris coaster
Is there any reason to doubt Boris Johnson has at least one more miraculous recovery up his sleeve?
Count the cost
The government is running out of time to stop messing up
I Am Drama, says Starmer
“Here, have Yvette Cooper,” said 2008
Scum of Britain, unite!
Enterprising politicians can use insults to their own advantage
Double-oh dear
How can Keir Starmer want a female James Bond when he can’t even define what a woman is?
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Maligning the missionaries
Should the Church of England regret the promotion of Christianity?
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
The ongoing fiasco of European defence
Starry-eyed talk of continental cooperation obscures the grim reality of competing interests
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
The art of Caspar David Friedrich
In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world
