Leonardo Sciascia
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
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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
An indefensible defence policy
Why the country’s strategic ambitions are incompatible with our welfare bill
Dead reckoning
How Britain forgot the sea (and why it matters)
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
Not so good after all
Can left-leaning journalists finally acknowledge the challenges British society faces?
Piano pair strike just the right note
Serendipity has delivered a double bill for the ages this month
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
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
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
Beware the British ICE
Mass deportation of Muslims will not solve antisemitism, but feed feelings of alienation