Louis XIV
Louis XIV: a monarch of purpose
Despite its length, Philip Mansel’s biography of the Sun King is ‘a welcome prize for any reviewer’
Gunther Fehlinger-Jahn, European
Where does shitposting end and statesmanship begin?
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Will judges protect free speech for Christians?
A new case will determine whether expressing normal Christian beliefs precludes employment
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Party in the U.S.S.R.
Shortages, queues and giant slogan-laden banners were the order of the day as the party faithful gathered
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
