London School of Economics
“Watch me take a knife to your throat”
The erosion of academic freedom at LSE has culminated in threats of physical violence
The rise of Mrs Europe
A new EU is emerging. Will Ursula von der Leyen lead it to triumph or failure?
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Nigel Farage, community leader
The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
Campaigners should let assisted suicide go
There is no principled case for using the Parliament Acts to squeeze through assisted suicide
Is this the end of art?
Cultural renewal cannot simply chase demand
Price caps and political pygmies
Britain’s capitalist command economy cannot let businesses be
What’s so illiberal about “illiberal democracy”?
Viktor Orbán has been a political pioneer in Europe
Supernatural delight
Religion cannot be reduced to dry abstractions