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’
Gambling gifts
New reports on Labour and political donations miss the point
Podcasting while Britain burns
OK, OK, it’s all very deplorable, but Britain’s right wing bloggers still have to make a living
Revive the roots
To save the Conservative Party, its chairman must return powers to the local associations
No lessons learned from lockdown
Despite all the nuance and retrospective moderation, the Covid inquiry leaves us no closer confronting the failures of technocracy
The cinematic future is bright
“The End” is in sight for communal film-watching, right? Wrong
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Champagne in the membrane
Alcohol is not a major risk factor for dementia
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
Israel’s forever war
Netanyahu risks dragging his country and his allies into an open-ended regional conflict
The Age of Coles
The former vicar is perfectly suited for the Starmer years