Lester Piggott
Death of a sporting hero
Lester Piggott was the greatest jockey — bar none
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Reform’s man in Makerfield
An interview with Rob Kenyon about online controversies and national priorities
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While Westminster fixates on survival, a deeper battle will decide whether mass migration becomes a permanent and costly feature of the state
Hyperventilating vexillology
Once councils flew the symbols of the realm; now they proclaim the enthusiasms of the age
Europe should defend itself
European states should invest more in their own defence, and the US should let them
Frivolous and doomed
Classicism still has its place at the National Theatre
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Cry sod Harry, England and St George
Why aren’t people proud to be English?
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
On a winning streak
Eventually streaks end, but it does not have to be The End
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Scotland should reject assisted suicide
It is dangerous, and arrogant, and premised on irrational fears
It’s what you Makerfield of it
Andy Burnham may yet stop Reform, but victory would raise almost as many questions for Labour as defeat.