Lawyers
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Death by lawyers
How excessive legalism can ruin a political system
Jolyon versus the judges
Jolyon Maugham should be less of a sore loser
Lawfare versus warfare
Soldiers have been collateral damage in a cold-blooded political campaign
Against a British Bill of Rights
Parliament, not the courts, is the place where decisions should be made
Hollow “decolonisation”
Chagossian exiles in Crawley are not cheering the annexation of their homeland by Mauritius
Painters, legacies and lawyers
Money turns art, and the control of art, febrile
We should hail the cab-rank rule
The principle that barristers should accept any brief is all too easily sidestepped
The Bar should say “bye” to EDI
Barristers should not have to follow ever more extensive equality standards
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
Spirits, a seven-year-old and a death camp
Balancing the gap between what the narrator knows and what the reader does
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
Why people smuggling means profits
People smuggling is one of the few functioning markets left in the UK
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
Why Keynes was wrong
He misinterpreted fundamental economic principles
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
A bewitching Sink drama
Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe make Shakespeare compelling for Gen Z
Greene around the gills
A truly ghastly gastropub
Were we close to a revolution in 1926?
Nine Days in May / The Edge of Revolution