Margaret Thatcher
Tunes of glory
How do you love a song you disagree with?
Big news reaches a small town
Where was I when the Berlin Wall fell and Margaret Thatcher resigned?
Britain’s last conservative prime minister
A new collection of essays provides a welcome reappraisal of Labour leader James Callaghan, says Graham Stewart
The lasting power of simple virtues
Conservatism: The Fight for a Tradition by Edmund Fawcett
Elegant defender of lost causes
Daniel Johnson recalls the colourful life of Sir Peregrine Worsthorne
Thatcher’s ‘Wiring Diagram’ and why we need it once again
We need a new Hoskyns-inspired intervention to deal with today’s cultural crisis
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
The day terrorism won
The murder of Ian Gow – thirty years on
What is a conservative?
Brexit proved there is a huge audience for a culturally conservative party, but who will fill it?
Sunak’s folly
The Chancellor’s rash splurge on infrastructure is a worrying sign that Britain’s economic policy is heading in the wrong direction
Food for thoughtlessness
The march of the public health puritans continues
British universities should stop using foreign students as a crutch
Its short-term benefits are obvious but it is not a long-term solution
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Reject the culture of death
Darkness lies beyond the euthanasia rubicon
Why is the BBC so obsessed with drag?
Incessant coverage of drag shows and drag queens has become something of a running joke
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
The definitive Brexit book—for now
Shipman captures the compelling drama of Britain’s greatest peacetime political crisis since the People’s Budget
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
Strictly Come Tory
Who will win the hearts of the nation?
