Level-Playing Field
What deal would be acceptable to most Brexit-supporting MPs?
How far will regulatory divergence be permitted and how will disputes be settled?
“We’re not going to subordinate our laws to theirs in any areas.”
There’s only two months left for one side to climb down, or the EU-UK talks will fail.
It’s alright for some
The poorest will pay the highest price for Net Zero fantasies
Time to get tough on porn
The porn industry profits from human misery. Why should we allow it to continue unchecked?
The enduring appeal of the Mitford family
As the BBC’s adaptation of The Pursuit of Love begins, Alexander Larman questions whether the new dramatisation will do justice to Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel
Call the junk-monger
The trashy Downing Street makeover is a criminal act of hideous uglification
Resch/Beethoven: String quartets (Genuin)
The Frankfurt-based Aris Quartet play Beethoven with sweeping flair and something close to insouciance
Dominic Hilton’s Buenos Aires Diary 9.0
Dominic Hilton spots a sniper on a balcony, has embarrassing encounters in lifts and thinks gender-neutral language would make learning Spanish a lot easier
Re-building a library
Confessions of a bibliomaniac in the South Atlantic
Conflicts of interest
Labour, like the Church, may never reconcile the different views of all its supporters
Letter from Washington: She’s running
Caitlyn Jenner’s candidacy is the latest blow to any distinction between celebrity and politics
Alice in blunderland
The V&A reckons Alice in Wonderland is a self-help manual in the sex-war rather than the daydreams of an old Oxford perv