Michael de Whalley
Are Reform the new Greens?
As the Green Party loses interest in rural matters, Richard Negus considers the claim that British agriculture and the countryside have a new champion
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Amnesty irrational
Gender identity ideologues cannot get away with baseless smears any more
Who pays for Manchesterism?
Burnham spent nine years extracting money from Westminster, now he’ll be reaching directly into taxpayers’ pockets
The goading life
How the transgressive media of the 1990s influenced, and was eaten by, online culture
How Bridget Phillipson earned an F
Phillipson’s big ambitions were reduced to performative stunts
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
We must get serious about anti-Jewish terror
Britain faces a dangerous rise in anti-Jewish violence and must get real about its implications
The end of encrypted Europe
Europe’s latest Chat Control may see child protection become a pretext for wider surveillance.
Eulogy for rural life
A growing sense of gloom pervades Starmer’s Britain
Burying their heads in the ash
The battle against the illicit tobacco market has not been won
Tinker Bell, Puck, Dobby & Co.
An account of everything even the most dedicated fairy-follower could want to discover
Hey, Starmer, leave those kids alone
Banning under-16s from social media is more prohibitionist stupidity
A garden reborn
a garden reborn
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Peeves and a weekend in Worcester
Thoroughly entertaining, darkly funny and humanely nasty