Lord Maugham
Why Appeasement seemed sensible
Hindsight is no guide to what most influenced British policymakers in the 1930s
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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
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
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
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
The Cup and me
My lasting World Cup memories have nothing to do with England
QAnon for centrist dads
Peter Chappell’s What If Reform Wins is less a political forecast than a Westminster panic attack in novel form
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
Will Andy Burnham be a literary leader?
Burnham is a rare politician who reads books — but how will they affect his premiership?
Baddiel shoots, he doesn’t score
If you want to understand English football, you will get better answers knocking on doors in Burnley than Hampstead
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
The last ponies on the moor
Dartmoor Ponies are facing an extinction event, thanks to a government Quango