Leslie Primo
To have, to hold — and to create
Beauty isn’t merely to be owned, but is something to be loved and passed on
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
Squeezing out your generation
New laws are harming, not helping, younger people
No Keirs, only dreams now
With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him
Murders for July
Your summer holiday reading is sorted here
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
When art took on fascism (and lost)
Abstract activist concerns have overshadowed aesthetic production
Will we miss Mahmood?
Shabana Mahmood has been a voice of sanity in the Labour Party
Unusual summer reds
Think exotic spices, maraschino cherries and curly shoes
Britain’s housing crisis is a crisis for veterans
We have to make the system more able to house our heroes
From the Desk of Lord Kronsteen
When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
When can we believe what we read?
Technology can make knowing the truth more difficult — but we should always have asked more questions about what we read