Linda Colley
War-war leads to jaw-jaw
This is a starkly different interpretation on the proliferation of written constitutions and rams it home with cogency and panache
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
What Britain should learn from Singaporean healthcare
How Singapore spends less and sees better outcomes
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
