Literary Canon
The long afterlife of a literary classic
Luzzi presents a gallery of portraits, each illuminating a different facet of the poet and his work
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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
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
The case against recognising Somaliland
The Somaliland lobby is being dangerously naive about the realities of the region
A very American birthday party
n the USA’s divisive 250th birthday celebrations
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
When violence is its own reward
How do we deal with people who kill for the sake of killing?
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
The migrant crime cover up
Why is Labour fighting to keep migrant crime statistics secret?
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
A mean mood in Makerfield
Reform have enthusiasm, but quiet Labour voters could still swing it for Burnham
Europe’s French nuclear shield?
With the NATO alliance under threat, will
Europe really trust President Macron’s
offer of a pan-EU nuclear deterrent?
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say